The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities my capacities.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

The process of grief and loss is as unique as your personal DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

Don't give up too early because everyone is ahead of you and you are far behind them. Set a standard for yourself and keep beating that standard regularly!

Silence is the small man’s only defense.

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.

The infernal flag-waving after 9/11 nearly drove liberals out of their gourds. For the left, 'flag-waving' is an epithet.

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

You will never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind.

Man's best friend is his dogma.

...a great good is worth being long desired.