Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and which approves if I do right. To act against conscience is to act against reason and God's Law.

The new religion without any secrets is philosophy. The old religion, said Aristotle, is necessary only for the uneducated; Confucius, Buddha, Voltaire and Lessing were of the same opinion.

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

Forgiveness... a secret garden where Joy and miracles abound, and the garden is always open to everyone who makes the Loving choice to visit there.

If you have a fault it is you do not forgive easy!

Compassion is a sign of superficiality: broken destinies and unrelenting misery either make you scream or turn you to stone.

Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.

It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.

I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

You are not in this world. This world is inside you.