The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.

To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind.

A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them.

I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.

The brave man, the real hero, quakes with terror, sweats, feels his very bowels betray him, and in spite of this moves forward to do the act he dreads.

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy.

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves.

Who is the brave man--he who feels no fear? If so, then bravery is but a polite term for a mind devoid of rationality and imagination.

You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.

Your greatest adventure is written inside of you

The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.

Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.

We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is usually good for us.

There is no right government except good government.

It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss.

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.

Sometimes you don't need lightning to start a fire. Sometimes, it builds on its own.

That's why I like old monster movie actors, because they transform into different characters or creatures.