Love can be simply stated to be the desire of the human being to integrate oneself with other selves in such a way that one starts feeling the pain and pleasure of another person as if of one’s own.

The very concept of evil challenges the wisdom of God because He would never create anything that is not desirable or not needed. Everything has been created in this world with a purpose.

People always have reason to hate, though they often may not find any reason for love.

I like having options, alternate lives unlived but always possible.

Man is a knot a web a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter.

There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.

Be honest, be brutally honest, and if you want something go out there and get it.

Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

To visit a new country for the first time is great fun; but it is even greater fun to introduce somebody else to a country that you know.

The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys.

I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me. I knew that I would not be back there again." (On leaving the Executive Office Building)

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.