The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.
Thomas Jefferson
Religion, Disputes, Silence, Tolerance, Peace
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“He does most in God's great world who does his best in his own little world.” Thomas Jefferson
Impact, Responsibility, Effort, Personal Influence, Moral Philosophy
Thomas Jefferson Impact, Responsibility, Effort, Personal Influence, Moral Philosophy“Our minds and hearts are free to believe everything or nothing at all – and it is our duty to protect and perpetuate this sacred culture of freedom.” Thomas Jefferson
Freedom, Belief, Culture, Individual Liberty, Intellectual Freedom
Thomas Jefferson Freedom, Belief, Culture, Individual Liberty, Intellectual Freedom“A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character.” Thomas Jefferson
Character, Finance, Responsibility, Personal Management, Moral Judgment
Thomas Jefferson Character, Finance, Responsibility, Personal Management, Moral Judgment“I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented...” Thomas Jefferson
Jesus, Morality, Doctrine, Faith, Critique
Thomas Jefferson Jesus, Morality, Doctrine, Faith, Critique“If I could not go to heaven with but a party, I would not go there at all. Therefore, I am not of the party of federalists. But I am much further from that of the anti-federalists.” Thomas Jefferson
Politics, Heaven, Partisanship, Personal Values, Political Independence
Thomas Jefferson Politics, Heaven, Partisanship, Personal Values, Political Independence“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man; but I doubt whether we have not lost more than we have gained, by the use of this animal.” Thomas Jefferson
Walking, Exercise, Health, Nature, Comparison
Thomas Jefferson Walking, Exercise, Health, Nature, Comparison“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson
Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson Powers, Society, People, Enlightenment, Responsibility“This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.” Thomas Jefferson
Government, Experimentation, Honesty, Political Philosophy, Change
Thomas Jefferson Government, Experimentation, Honesty, Political Philosophy, Change“Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state.” Thomas Jefferson
Property, Rights, Land, Society, Justice
Thomas Jefferson Property, Rights, Land, Society, Justice“The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam to a carriage on wheels will make a great change in the situation of man.” Thomas Jefferson
Innovation, Steam, Technology, Change, Progress
Thomas Jefferson Innovation, Steam, Technology, Change, Progress“It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.” Thomas Jefferson
Morality, Society, Absurdity, Human Nature, Collective Ethics
Thomas Jefferson Morality, Society, Absurdity, Human Nature, Collective Ethics“There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance.” Thomas Jefferson
Timing, Progress, Change, Rights, Social Evolution
Thomas Jefferson Timing, Progress, Change, Rights, Social Evolution“Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.” Thomas Jefferson
Beer, Moderation, Health, Enjoyment, Social Drinking
Thomas Jefferson Beer, Moderation, Health, Enjoyment, Social Drinking“I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.” Thomas Jefferson
Hope, Labor, Liberty, Progress, Optimism
Thomas Jefferson Hope, Labor, Liberty, Progress, Optimism“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
Virtue, Character, Morality, Personal Growth, Ethical Living
Thomas Jefferson Virtue, Character, Morality, Personal Growth, Ethical Living“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” Thomas Jefferson
Diligence, Time, Productivity, Action, Personal Development
Thomas Jefferson Diligence, Time, Productivity, Action, Personal Development“When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.” Thomas Jefferson
Endurance, Firmness, Acceptance, Resilience, Mental Strength
Thomas Jefferson Endurance, Firmness, Acceptance, Resilience, Mental Strength“Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.” Thomas Jefferson
Trust, Governance, Society, History, Human Nature
Thomas Jefferson Trust, Governance, Society, History, Human Nature“The monopoly of a single bank is certainly an evil. The multiplication of them was intended to cure it; but it multiplied an influence of the same character with the first, and completed the supplanting the precious metals by a paper circulation. Between such parties the less we meddle the better.” Thomas Jefferson
Banking, Monopoly, Economics, Currency, Financial Systems
Thomas Jefferson Banking, Monopoly, Economics, Currency, Financial Systems