“I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.”

“In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free While God is marching on.”

“Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.”

“All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.”

“The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.”

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His ...”

“We want our children to become who they are--- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices th...”

“Education is a system. Learning is an ongoing every day process.”

“My best memory of school was probably leaving school. Because I hated that fucking place.”

“We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us.”

“No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”

“Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in unjust wars. We are sick about that. We did the best we could. ”