Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-04-14 Apr 14, 2003Men sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.~ George OrwellThe best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.~ Marcus Aurelius AntoninusA man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.~ William Ralph Inge Apr 11, 2003It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.~ Mark TwainThoughts are free and are subject to no rule. On them rests the freedom of man, and they tower above the light of nature.~ Philippus Aureolus ParacelsusPeople hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.~ Soren Kierkegaard Apr 10, 2003And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.~ James Russell LowellThere are two good things in life -- freedom of thought and freedom of action.~ W. Somerset Maugham Apr 9, 2003To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads -- such is the behavior of the multitude.~ MenciusReserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.~ Hypatia of AlexandriaOur life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and others will alter towards him.~ James Allen Apr 8, 2003What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from'.~ Marilyn vos SavantThere are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherThere are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.~ Richard Bach Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print