At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner.
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts.
De omnibus dubitandum
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
The most encouraging trend of our time is the widespread loss of faith in government. No longer do people look to the government as the great problem solver, economic planner, social unifier, or cultural czar. The government is more likely to be seen for what it is, a haven for grafters, liars, and would-be tyrants. Americans, like the Russians, no longer believe anything until it is officially denied.
I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite - dark and loud.
Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.
Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic, this is never an easy, nor always pleasant pursuit. But being willing to admit our daimonic tendencies - to know them consciously and to wisely oversee them - brings with it the invaluable blessing of freedom, vigor, inner strength, and self-acceptance.