If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

I am not now That which I have been.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.