Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

God does not play dice.

There are things that must evoke our anger to show we care. It is what we do with that anger. If we direct that energy we can use it positively or destructively.

... I have no letter from the dead, yet daily love them more.

Running for president was a good decision.

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

When a man doesn't know the meaning of the word 'fear', that might just be a deficiency in his education.

Our courage comes from the courage of others.

I go to the dentist, not a shrink.