“Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.”

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity

There is a New America every morning when we wake up.

The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.

In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

That you can gather votes like box tops

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

You will go away with old, good friends. And don’t forget when you leave why you came.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled

Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?

You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after all but divine doubt flashing over us? For an instant God suspends assent and poof! we disappear.

You are all spirits. It is not that you “have” a spirit.

Start small but think big. You can come far on your journey by making little steps.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Don’t worry my dear, the sun will rise again and so will your heart from these dark places.