"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

"It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being."

"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain."

"The paradox of freedom is that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"The paradox of freedom is that the echo of our deeds ripples through eternity."

"The paradox of freedom is that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"Freedom - to walk free and own no superior."