Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

There is no college for the conscience.

Like the rudder or anchor on a ship, your habits can guide you in the direction of your dreams or hold you back and keep you from achieving them.

History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

To lose the touch of flowers and women's hands is the supreme separation.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

The western mind, because of it's unique history, is the most sensitive mind to the impact of psychedelics.

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century.