quotes of day Sunday, August 9, 2026

“It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.”

“A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.”

“Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.”

“Are not all things which have opposites generated out of their opposites?”

“For now they kill me with a living death.”

“Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.”

“The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.”

“To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.”

“In an unjust society the only place for a just man is prison.”

“Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.”

“Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man.”

“I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none.”

“There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience.”