Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.

A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.

The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning, is believed to be, that it was not suspected that any such charge would ever take place; and it appears that no such charge did take place, during the early period of the Constitution, when the meaning of its authors could be best ascertained, nor until many of the contemporary lights had in the lapse of time been extinguished. How often does it happen, that a notoriety of intention diminishes the caution against its being misunderstood or doubted!

Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be absolutely necessary for the purpose, does not appear to be susceptible of any precise calculation; and must depend on a variety of circumstances with which it may be connected. Let us consult experience, the guide that ought always to be followed, whenever it can be found.

Hope does not necessarily have to take an object.

I wonder how Admat can be everywhere. Is he in my sandal? Or is he my sandal itself? Why would a god bother to be a sandal? Does he wear shoes or sandals himself, invisible ones?

When you’ve played a long rally and you lost it, it does hurt.

Human humour often consists of pretending to wish something does not really wish.

Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are — a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told.

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you’re black!

If the world does not please you, you can change it.

He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.

As long as we’re together, does it matter where we go?

Anytime anybody does anything – unless it’s in the realm of the obviously awful, which is fun too in a different way – it is in many ways a success.