It is the life of democracy to favor equality.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .

We’ll stand before the piles of stones that used to be weapons, and we’ll build an altar.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

Be so busy competing with your old self until you start to see no reason to ever compete with others.

Here every bird and fish knew its course. Every tree had its own place upon this earth. Only man had lost his way.

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.

You need to drop down. Nobody is perfect, nobody is superhero.

Agnostics cannot understand Christ for the same reason a thief find a policeman -they don't want to.

Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right. That's why the book never sold.

It's a perfect day for letting go.