Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Nothing is achieved without solitude.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

Remind to yourself that it's okay not to be perfect

To achieve the ultimate Confucian objective—a virtuous society—America has favored the rule of laws over Confucian-style virtues.

I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but safety first!

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

I don't know if Donald Trump's ever been to an actual polling place, but, you know, he doesn't even worry if what he says is true. This is just about him worried that he's losing.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

Every single day I want you to be happy and full of joy, just like you make me happy by just passing through my mind.

Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.

But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.

It would need someone very remarkable to recover your name, Stephen, someone of rare perspicacity, with extraordinary talents and incomparable nobility of character. Me, in fact.