The history of mankind is a perennial tragedy; for the highest ideals which the individual may project are ideals which he can never realize in social and collective terms.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off.

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.

After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.

We are not leaving the EU, we are rejoining the rest of the world.

Noise is manufactured in the city, just as goods are manufactured. The city is the place where noise is kept in stock, completely detached from the object from which it came.

The greatest mistake is in not being aware that others are Christ. There are very many people who will not discover it until their last day.

You gave me faith to find my dreams, you'll never know just what that means.

I want to form a political party that's based entirely on what music people listen to. To me, it's a much better barometer of what they think and feel than their political stance.