One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.
When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.
Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.
Suffer no anxiety, for he who is a sufferer of anxiety becomes regardless of enjoyment of the world and the spirit, and contraction happens to his body and soul.
Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
Let us be such as help the life of the future.
He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power,He who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed,He, indeed, is Thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
People get tired of talking about American exceptionalism, but I think this is an extraordinary thing about the United States, that we are a nation of immigrants, first of all, that is built upon a pluralistic society of native people that were here to begin with. The issue of diversity is really with us from the beginning.