This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.