Without good-will, no man has any presumptive right, except the right or opportunity to change his will, so long as there is hope of it.

Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.

We cannot swing up a rope which is attached only to our own belt.

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

Mr. Rihani, we met once a thousand years ago and we may not meet again for another thousand years.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

Art is life, plus caprice.

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.

No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.

We usually need to have pain, trial or challenge to be motivated to learn or change. Learning in the midst of ease and prosperity comes from the pure inner soul’s inspired desire for improvement.

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.

I do lots of reading and speaking at many universities about literature and also about politics, which is as much a part of my life as the literature.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves.

Books get older as well; their body also wears out, but unlike us, their brain remains forever young!

People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world.

Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'

I'm gonna do everything I can to get even with you. I started today when I wrote your name down in 34 telephone booths.

The thing about this [Donald] Trump phenomenon is that there's a lot of good stuff in it; the anti-elitism, the concern for working class jobs.