I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I read more

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.