Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
We need never be ashamed of our tears.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.