Thomas Paine Quotes about Life

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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Thomas Paine

Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Thomas Paine

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

The American Crisis, 12 Sept. 1777

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

Life, Integrity, War

Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.

Thomas Paine

Life, Happiness, Religious

The Age of Reason pt. 1 (1794)

Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.

Thomas Paine

Life, Waiting, Forever

Time makes more converts than reason.

Thomas Paine

Life, Time, Motivation

Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.228, Rowman & Littlefield

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Thomas Paine

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

The Rights of Man pt. 2, ch. 5 (1792)

Uncritical reverence for the Founding Fathers was less ubiquitous while they actually lived. . . . "The Reign of Terror that raged in America during the latter end of the Washington Administration, and the whole of that of Adams, is enveloped in mystery to me. That there were men in the Government hostile to the representative system, was once their toast, though it is now their overthrow, and therefore the fact is established against them."

Thomas Paine

Life, Father, Men