The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind. . . that encounters it.
Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.
In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.
Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, May be refin'd and join th' angelic train.
Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.
I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings.
A beautiful road does not create enough reason to make a journey on that road, because the road to Hell is often a beautiful road as well!
When you reach the little house, the place your journey started, you will recognize it, although it will seem much smaller than you remember. Walk up the path, and through the garden gate you never saw before but once. And then go home. Or make a home. And rest.
The word capital, as philologists trace it, comes down to us from a time when wealth was estimated in cattle, and a man's income depended upon the number of head he could keep for their increase.