We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception.

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?

There is a whisper of light, if you can hear Louder than sound of darknessyou never fear

Great winds only challenge great trees.

When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.

I've been involved in and out of the UN for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!

Illness is merely the bitter, which a wise Providence mingles in the cup of life.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

It's tremendous what can happen when suddenly you make an emotional connection.

Starts out slow and then fizzles out altogether.

What we do to animals, we do to ourselves.