There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.

Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

There is no come back to caves. We are too many.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.