The real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Talents too many, not enough of any.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

I have one piece of advice for you: sleep your way to the top.

Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.

If God exists He must be manifest somehow in matter, and His ways are what science is discovering.

Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any circumstances.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

To live is not enough; we must take part.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.