Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
Van's sweater was soaked in blood.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.