The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.
My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
I think on death as the apparent end of the illusions that encompass us. They all have a sudden and unexpected end, that challenges any faith we have pinned to their worth.
Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine.
You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.
This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: - To speak of bloody power as right divine, And call on God to guard each vile chief's house, And for such chiefs, turn men to wolves and swine.