"Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave... It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to man's throat and dictate how he must live his life. No society can be more important than the individuals who compose it, or else you ( Read more... )

"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain

“Question with boldness even the very existence of God, for if there be a God, he must surely rather Honest Questions over blindfolded fear.” From a letter to Peter Carr from Thomas Jefferson.

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."
-James Lane Allen

A nice thing to find before you go to sleep ( Read more... )

I came across this one in my travels on the information superhighway...

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new ( Read more... )

damn Justin... tagging me...
Go here and look through random quotes until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe. Repost in your journal and tag 5 friends.

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As ( Read more... )