The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Wisdom is not to be at the top of a giant pyramid and hence see everywhere clearly, but wisdom is to be at the top, at the bottom, to be inside the pyramid, it is to be everywhere!

Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is a spiritual experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

I'm in the role of helping these apes negotiate the human role. I'm just a temporary intermediary in what I think will be eventual communication between the two species.

Right underneath your thoughts and negative emotions exists an ocean of love. You have but to quiet the mind to experience it.

We shouldn't be so dependent on foreign oil.

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.