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

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.

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

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

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.

What fueled this hatred? Society.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

Whenever you're faced with an explanation of what's going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.

I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.

Scientists expect to be improved on and corrected; they hope to be

My daily conversation, it consists of hustle. Grinding from the bottom sick and tired of struggle.

Great art always transcends its culture, while lesser art merely reflects it.

I found people looked better when they laughed

I told myself that if I ever make it to the big leagues that I would be the one to appreciate the fans. Take a little time out to sign autographs and shake their hands and say hello to them.

Precedent goes in support of justice.