I know I am but mortal and so therewhilst prepare myself for death, whensoever it shall please God to send it.
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.
I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than that.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.