The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.

There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.

Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.

To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.

It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.

Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.

As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards ("marcher vers", Fr.) the accomplishment of its true destinies.

The well understood equity as well as interest of society demand that we work on much more to prevent crime and offenses than to punish them.

After 40 years of marriage, isn’t it amazing when you can look at your partner sound asleep next to you and still believe they have potential.

Books turn people into isolated individuals, and once that's happened, the road only grows rockier. Books wire you to want to be Steve McQueen, but the world wants you to be [email protected].

I wish to become rich so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little like those kind-hearted fat benevolent people do.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: More money for more work.

I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

When two agree in their desire, One sparke will set them both on fire.

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

[Belafonte]'d take me to perform for Martin Luther King's cause. But when they were marching I did not take part, because I was not a citizen