"life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week.”
“Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W.”

Source : "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.
“But wishes were empty thoughts, cast down a dark hole. They didn't come true unless you worked for them. I'd learned that about the world, if nothing more.”
“And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.”
“Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they found Him, the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking.”
“When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!”

Source : 1961 The Mighty and Their Fall, ch.4.
“I love my kids. I'm crazy about them.”
“The question is not why good people have trials, but how shall good people respond when they are tried?”

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