Thoughts, Mind The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. - James Russell Lowell
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. - James Russell Lowell
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. - James Russell Lowell
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run. - James Russell Lowell
Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact. - Andrew Coyle Bradley
Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation. - Joseph Franklin Rutherford
I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism. - Peter Hook