Zeal should not outrun discretion.
There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.
Human improvement is from within outward.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas who are trying to disrupt the status quo and usher in a better way. The defenders are the incumbents who try to defend what they have. We need to bring an attacker mindset to whatever we choose to do.
My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It's more like a character that's sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
The paramount problem. . . is how to make this new form of property ownership a workable agent toward repeopleizing the proprietorship of the country's industries. Open to the wage-earner of the country the road to proprietorship. . . not as a gratuity, but as their proper allotment out of the combined forces that have made the enterprise successful.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.