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Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
Resolve to live as with all your might while you do live, and as you shall wish you had done ten thousand years hence.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
The true joy of life isbeing used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one … being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap heap … being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.
I have contented these people with all the many bizarre things that have come into my head. And the less they understand, the more they admire it.
Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given, when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.
[Jesus'] ministry was clearly defined, and the alternatives to the illusion and temptations of the desert were spelled out. A choice was made, life abundant, full, and free for all. Make no mistake about it, the day that choice was made, Jesus became suspect. That day in the temple he sealed the fate already prepared for him. How was the world to understand one who rejected an offer of power and control?
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
We will have no truce or parlay with you [Hitler], or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst, and we will do our best.
Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy - invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.
Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.
Not a hundredth part of the thoughts in my head have ever been or ever will be spoken or written, as long as I keep my senses, at least.
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
