Let us impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind.
I use no Porter. . . in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.
Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day.
Indian Art broadened my seeing, loosened the formal tightness I had learned in England's schools. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my white man's understanding. . . I had been schooled to see outsides only, not struggle to pierce.
The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take on a life of their own.
That a religion may be true, it must have knowledge of our nature.