For democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Pete couldn't believe how sanctimonious somebody could be just because they'd once had a soldering iron stuck up their arse.

Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys, ” but as our Father.

Food and medicine are not two different things: they are the front and back of one body. Chemically grown vegetables may be eaten for food, but they cannot be used as medicine.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.

If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.

Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.

Thought is borne of failure.

A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries.

I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey for years.