Children have more need of models than of critics.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it’s necessary to start with ourselves.

I am that person in front of whom the most difficult conditions of life are lost.

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all law, all party, all religion.

I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.