My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.

The unspoken word never does harm.

I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.

I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.

The era of Christianity peace, brotherhood, the Golden Rule as applied to governmental matters is. yet to come, and when it comes, then, and then only, will the future of nations be sure.

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,' - Magnus Bane

Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

Your hate is an intense energy which will attract more of the same energy.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.

Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved.

No university on Earth gives master's degrees of living, of happiness. How strange! We seem to be missing the essential, the all-encompassing knowledge for which universities were originally created!

The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.