He who has a true idea simultaneously knows that he has a true idea, and cannot doubt of the truth of the thing perceived.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.

The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...

Falsity consists in the privation of knowledge, which inadequate, fragmentary, or confused ideas involve.

The order and connection of ideas in the same as the order and connection of things

The object of the idea constituting the human mind is the body

For though men be ignorant, yet they are men

Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition

men, in so far as they live in obedience to reason necessarily do only such things as are necessarily good for human nature, and consequently for each individual man.

After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.

The Sun challenges us to Shine, the Clouds remind us to Move, the Birds tell us we too can Fly and the Sky tells us that there is no limit to our Dreams and Goals.

To find the Father of all is hard. And when found, it is impossible to utter Him.

Every call of Christ leads into death.

To disrespect the masses is moral; to honor them, lawful.

I still don't feel whatever change you're supposed to feel when your name goes up above the title.

When love is unkind, it is not love anymore.

Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall ever having experiences that were a burden.

And in the end, I lost him. I did it on purpose, the way Garance lost Baptiste in the crowd. I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future.

You and I are more than friends. We're like a really small gang.