The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. – William James
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. – William James
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. – Henry David Thoreau
We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clintons, or Abraham Lincolns? – Thomas Frank
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law. – Kurt Huber