Whoever debases others is debasing himself.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.

Whose little boy are you?

...all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vision of the world, rose up like a wall between the world and me...

A civilization is not destroyed by wicked people it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is.

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox.

If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.

I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Everyone thinks they're living in end times. Everyone thinks their life is meaningless. It makes vanity easy.

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.

Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well.

Misdirect ALL the time.

If 18,000 gods have been invented then it is likely that god 18,001 is also invented.

We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision.

Darling -- I suppose the world would consider us absolutely crazy, but it is wonderful to feel that way, isn't it? Sort of a perpetual springtime in our hearts.

We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.