Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.

Life always involves some logic in its manifestations, and logic, as a rule, excludes the versatility of life from its considerations.

Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.

Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.

Philosophers wonder when they do not know, artists when they do.

Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.

Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.

Everyone is born with a different mind and the same heart.

Truth is what reconciles thought and experience.

The biggest challenge for human mind is human mind.

A mind can be empty of thoughts but a heart cannot be void of feelings.

Today each of you is the object of the other’s reading, one reads in the other the unwritten story.

It is impossible to find peace in the world if we can't create peace within ourselves.

There are some bright spots, to be sure, but the internet is still in a Wild West phase, as was the case during the early age of the printing press as well.

No one said living isn't a pretty chancy business, Sibyl. No one gets out of here alive.

I can do what I love or I can love what I do. Learn to love the task in front of you.

This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden

If you want to feel proud of yourself, then do good. Take action that will make you proud. . . . And if you really want to feel proud, then do something to help someone else.

The poem is a confession of faith.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

I will continue to work diligently in Congress to ensure that our veterans receive the benefits and care that they have earned and deserve.