I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her too learned.

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.

Oh, darling, you know we writers must occasionally stretch a point to heighten the dramatic situation.

In my end lies my beginning" Who said that? Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587).

Well, the heart always holds out hope that the mind knows may not likely be met.

Evil tongues never want a whet.

The facts, if they are there, speak for themselves.

I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the Jane's Addiction reunion thing, that I would feel like a sell out. That's how it would feel to me.

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.

Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.

I believe that the monetary stability is an absolutely critical element in the satisfactory operation of a system.

The way you live your life depends on you.