When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward.
It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.
What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there's room in our hearts for so few.
One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.
The only barrier in our lives are our nerves. Keep kicking and follow your dreams!
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.
The argument for getting our own house in order is not an argument for turning our back on the world. We cannot and should not do that.
We go through our lives in a continual dance of being filled with something that needs an answer, and then going out and finding that answer... only to find out that our answer wasn't quite the answer.
We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes.
On a deep almost preconscious level we know, not with our minds but deep in our hearts the truth of the words, love never ends.
Our primary health care should begin on the farm and in our hearts, and not in some laboratory of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.
The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
There are two types of obstacles in life; those we put in our on way to prohibit growth. And those that life puts in our way to promote growth.
This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.
Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.
Why is it so tough to forget pain and tougher to remember happiness. We treasure our scars but forget to live on our smiles.
The word 'love,' used in connection with the reproduction of our species, is the most odious blasphemy taught in our times.