The mind is a muscle.
Happiness doesn't think, it is.
Happiness is the cessation of suffering.
There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.
Where fear is, happiness is not.
Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant.
Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.
God, Lincoln believed, is seen more clearly events that in nature, though He maybe seen there also. It is a majestic thing, thought Lincoln, for a person to be RESPONSIBLE.
Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see. To be the playthings of tyrants. But you...you were born to fight tyranny.
Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and space.
One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.
Certainly in the Capitol you do get moments were you sort of take a deep breath and think of all the historic figures who have been in that building, like Abraham Lincoln, who have stood right in those same rooms to make the landmark decisions.
The depth of time is endless.
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Freedom is the Key to Happiness.
Happiness is a beautiful smile.
Health and happiness are interconnected.
The price of greatness is responsibilty.
Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
No country has ever fallen while it was truly honoring the god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.
