I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he?d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don?t seem so bad lately.
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.