"It is much easier to ride a..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Capital has its proper place and is entitled to every protection. The wages of men should be recognized in the structure of and in the social order as more important than the wages of money [interest].”

“In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?”

“The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.”

“The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.”

“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.”

“Legacy is greater than currency.”

“Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars.”

“I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.”

“Some people say it is hard to live in such a way, being completely one with the present moment. Of course, it is not hard. The opposite is hard. Not being one with life is hard, and that is how most people live.”