"The law in question asserts, that the quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished"

"Nature and wisdom never are at strife"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Action conquers fear"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"