We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.
Mark TwainThere have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?
Mark TwainDeep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.
Mark TwainMonarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race - the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.
Mark Twain