A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.
While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.
Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.
Death is the great hope of all life the desire to expend itself to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
Birth and death we all move between these two unknowns.
Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.