Spirit

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."

"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere."

"Keep your mind open even when you are unable to keep your spirit high."

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."

"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."

"The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize."

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,"

"Work as hard as you can, whatever you do, and try to spread generosity of spirit."

"To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable."