Faith is not uprooted by dialectic proof; it must already be deeply shaken by other causes to be unable to withstand the shock of argument.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.

A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.

The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.

We are capable of performing the task.

Failures, mistakes, and difficulties are just locations on your journey through life. They have nothing to do with who you are.

The nostalgia I have been cherishing all these years is a hypertrophied sense of lost childhood, not sorrow for lost banknotes.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

Hillary Clinton supported concessions to the Castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo.

The Lord is not so concerned about what we study or what profession we follow as long as it is an honest living.

If you can differentiate a dead chicken, you can differentiate anything.

Developing great employees attracts great customers.

The person who fails the most wins.

Don't date a woman who doesn't take care of her place (she won't take care of you).