An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to too many different ends without altering its nature.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.

A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.

The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.

Because trust earned by action is always better than words.

She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith.

Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as 'tis today.

Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.

I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.

I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unplug ourselves from our collective past.

Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.

Love does not seek equals; it creates them.

Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion.

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.