Freedom of conscience of education of speech of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

We ignorant of ourselves beg often our own harms which the wise powers deny us for our good.

The essence of prayer even of a mystical experience is the way we are altered to see everything from its life-filled dimension.

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking him.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.

I will say this about being an optimist: even when things don't turn out well you are certain they will get better.

Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts. A thought can do us more good than a doctor or a banker or a faithful friend. It can also do us more harm than a brick.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

The unrest which keeps the never-stopping clock metaphysics going is the thought that the non-existence of this world is just as possible as its existence.

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees but what he feels what he tells himself about what he has seen.

You got a harem of seventy girls you don't get to know any of them very well.

When a man's busy leisure strikes him as a wonderful pleasure and at leisure once is he? Straightway he wants to be busy.

Make use of time let not advantage slip.

God Almighty hates a quitter.

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is "Don't grumble. Plug on!"

What you see is news what you know is background what you feel is opinion.

The bravest battle that ever was fought Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not It was fought by the mothers of men.

Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it.

Snow endures but for a season and joy comes with the morning.