Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.

I’m half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.

Fate pulls you in different directions.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

I imagine that yes is the only living thing.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.

Life loves the liver of it.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Death to me means nothing as long as I can die fast.

Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.

I’ll die a crazy old man!

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

I’m not much of a math and science guy. I spent most of my time in school daydreaming and managed to turn it into a living.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.

Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.

He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Work is making a living out of being bored.