First, I say that he draws near to those who make peace with him. For God is the One who brings about peace; and where else should peace dwell than in peace?

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

Music is a medicine that is self prescribed.

Strange world isn't it?

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

Like anything else, knowledge must evolve.

When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.

He did seem like a nice boy. Seeming and being are two different things.

The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous.

My hero is a guy named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt used to say, walk softly, talk softly but carry a big stick.

Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.

For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together.