The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

The noblest men of all ages, Christian saints of the most transcendent spirituality have attained their wonderful development through the spiritual rays of this planet because of the intense feeling of Oneness with the divine and with all that lives and breathes in the universe.

God puts us in places. It's for you to make the decision whether you go left or right.

I think women are very ambidextrous. We don't think twice about reading a book or a movie starring guys. But for guys, it's, like, 'Oh my God, that's a woman thing.' So with my son, I very carefully portion out the female heroes and characters to make sure he's getting an equal amount.