Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another–no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Deep is a wounded heart, and strong A voice that cries against a mighty wrong And full of death as a hot wind’s blight, Doth the ire of a crushed affection light.

Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.