Christianity is not a law of bondage; and if it respect the hand of God which sometimes raises up tyrants, it draws up where obedience degenerates into guilty cowardice.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Nothing is achieved without solitude.

You should be aiming to illuminate your indoor daytime environment with natural outdoor light, not electrical lighting products.

I have built, deep in my heart, a chapel filled with you.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

All I ever have to be is what you made me.

These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.

I don't do lullabyes.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

Beware thoughts that come in the night.