bluefrog

The internet has given people a sense of anonymity that they mistake for courage.

Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family support, encouragement, and, probably, income; luckiest in their educational and career opportunities; and luckiest in so many other ways difficult to enumerate – these are the folks who reap the largest rewards.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

"I don't know too many conservatives. I know a lot of bigots, cheapskates and hypocrites. No, not many conservatives. "