It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.

To err is human - but it feels divine

To err is human - but it feels divine

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he read more

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable read more

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

We have believed--and we do believe now--that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible.

We have believed--and we do believe now--that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible.