The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing. Thomas Jefferson More Quotes by Thomas Jefferson More Quotes From Thomas Jefferson God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly towards all, benevolently to those who fall within our way, respecting sacredly their rights, bodily and mental, and cherishing especially their freedom of conscience, as we value our own. Thomas Jefferson acting rights fall I consider ethics, as well as religion, as supplements to law in the government of man. Thomas Jefferson ethics law men We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do. Thomas Jefferson environmental cutting use Action will Thomas Jefferson inspirational-team knowing-who-you-are motivational It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself. Thomas Jefferson notable constitution obligation Above all things, lose no occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful, to be generous, to be charitable, to be humane, to be true, just, firm, orderly, courageous, etc. Consider every act of this kind as an exercise which will strengthen your moral faculties and increase your worth. Thomas Jefferson grateful exercise religion On a hot day in Virginia, I know nothing more comforting than a fine spiced pickle, brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of the aromatic jar below the stairs of Aunt Sally's cellar. Thomas Jefferson aunt virginia food Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. Thomas Jefferson troublesome work The movements of nature are in a never ending circle. The animal species which has once been put into a train of motion, is still probably moving in that train. For if one link in nature's chain might be lost, another and another might be lost, till this whole system of things should evanish by piece-meal; a conclusion not warranted by the local disappearance of one or two species of animals, and opposed by the thousands and thousands of instances of the renovating power constantly exercised by nature for the reproduction of all her subjects, animal, vegetable, and mineral. Thomas Jefferson nature animal moving Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. Thomas Jefferson pain happy happiness I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too. Thomas Jefferson book america thinking Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. Thomas Jefferson smooth handle life In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also. Thomas Jefferson arms defense violence Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? Thomas Jefferson volunteer names friendship The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. Thomas Jefferson atheist religious jesus I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object. Thomas Jefferson fewer use book I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables, which constitute my principal diet. Thomas Jefferson vegetarian-diet vegetarianism animal Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends Thomas Jefferson exercise fitness motivational I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson graduation inspirational love The superiority of chocolate (hot chocolate), both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America which it has in Spain. Thomas Jefferson coffee giving america
