Identity Quotes

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State

Constitution tolerating polygamy,

will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

In a democracy,

the well

being,

individuality and happiness of

every citizen is important

for the overall prosperity,

peace and happiness

of the nation.

Unless you choose to do great things with it,

it makes no difference how much you are rewarded,

or how much power you have.

Words are only painted fire;

a look is the fire itself.

If you’re twenty two,

physically fit,

hungry to learn and be better,

I urge you to travel — as far and as widely as possible.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is

for good men to do nothing.

Pressure is something you feel

when you don’t know what you’re doing.

If the doors of perception were cleansed,

everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge,

passion and compassion.

One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is

to invent your way out.

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope.

He wants to reform the world.

When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world,

but he knows he can't.

We have two ears and one tongue so that

we would listen more and talk less.

V Alphabet and Letter in Red

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man

for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of,

and scoffer at, religion.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices.

First we make our choices.

Then our choices make us.

As our case is new,

we must think and act anew.

All men make mistakes,

but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong.

The beginning is always today.