The existence of excessive nationalism is a symptom of a deeper problem in the collective consciousness, which is continually being exploited.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

People use words to do battle and to hurt one another terribly, tragically and even mortally.

When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.

The dreamer's untamed eye sees beyond the illusions to the heart of what is real.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Love only serves and does not calculate.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Materialism is an identity crisis.

Never allow carping critics to deter you from success. Instead, silence them with it.

"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing."

I have never, in all my life, been so odious as to regard myself as 'superior' to any living being, human or animal. I just walked alone - as I have always walked alone.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

I'm totally not kidding. Life is too short. This is all too hard to do to actually be kidding about the whole thing.

See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.

It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.

Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.

I still got a lot of grudges, it's high time we take out some judges.