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.
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.