There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.

I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and hear the ax; When I see calves and lambs, I see Them led to death; I see no bird Or rabbit cross the open field But what a sudden shot is heard; A shout that tells me men aim true, For death or wound, doth chill me through. W.H. Davies I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: “Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is.” Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code.

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.