The great men of antiquity were poor.

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.

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

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.

Children, who once looked to their parents for leadership, now turn to their teachers for knowledge, their peers for wisdom, and their music and televisions for entertainment.

Many actions, like the Rhone, have two sources,--one pure, the other impure.

You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

I think it's going to be an important policy, the opening of Cuba and I think political policy for the hemisphere.

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

You're playing with Pandora's box. Sometimes it's better not to open it. Sometimes, it's better not to know.