By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

Hatred is a burden that can hunt you day by day, robbing you off your personal joy in broad day light.

The rights of others often begins with the fight for justice of one.

Humility is the only defence against vanity

Learning is the gateway to adventure.

But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world, and there's incredible acts of kindness and bravery and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.

Something big, ... is about to happen at Notre Dame.

The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives. Today sometimes it seems that the opposite order is prevailing.

The only people that really matter are the people that are in my inner circle.

In the beginning I drew and painted from nature in order to know her. Then later, only to fall under her spell. And today, to let her mirror my thoughts and feelings.