The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

This guy and this guy and this guy… knew a lot of but couldn't find the words which could explain the "knowledge".

When you start to promise yourself, that means you are living!

It's an ember forever burning in my heart. It's a reminder Caleb will live forever.

Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

As sensitive and broad-minded humans, we must never allow ourselves to be in any way judgmental of the religious practices of other people, even when these people clearly are raving space loons.

It was about then [1920] that I wrote a line which certain people will not let me forget: "She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven."

Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.

I'm just reveling in the glory of not having to hear the neediness and impotence of my own voice.

The future of mankind, for the socialist, is simple: pull down the existing order and allow the future to emerge.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.