The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency -- the belief that the here and now is all there is.

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.

Whatever one does, someone is always happy...then again, someone else is not pleased

Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.

Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent about abortion often miss the sound of caring.

I guess that's the business of devotees - to make you think of God.

Odd, isn't it, that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?

The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

My father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.