Mark Twain

Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought – by force of circumstances, not argument – to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake.

Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love isn’t love ’til you give it away!

Trees are among the most useful things grown.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children… the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

Love is not the absence of hate; hate will always exist. Love is holding our head high and forever moving forward with kindness and compassion in spite of what hate may bring, because no amount of darkness can drown out our light if our light has been lit within.

Maybe in the 90s or possibly in the next century people will look upon the 80s as the age of masturbation, when it was taken to the limit; that might be all that’s going on right now in a big way.

Yet if today has no meaning, the past was a Blank and the future is a Chaos.

I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

There can be no lasting peace where hatred exists. Hatreds will continue to arise as long as the causes of war are not rooted out and exposed.

He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves

I would rather be healthy alone, then sick with someone else.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.