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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a good hit, which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
Commerce, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.
Stubborness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow.
Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant to heal. Love is meant to renew. Love is meant to bring us closer to God.
Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.
We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
What makes the difference between a Nation that is truly great and one that is merely rich and powerful? It is the simple things that make the difference. Honesty, knowing right from wrong, openness, self-respect, and the courage of conviction.
Do not worry about your problems in mathematics. I assure you, my problems with mathematics are much greater than yours.
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.
