The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

What you are is a man who means to be good, and undo the bad he's done, and that's as good as any man ever gets.

Orson Scott Card

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.

Hippocrates, Epidemics

Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.

Herman Melville

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Mark Twain

There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.

Oriana Fallaci

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

Thomas Jefferson

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged.) Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.

Jules Feiffer

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

Kamisese Mara

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Samuel Johnson

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Adrienne Rich

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

Thomas J. Watson