Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading.

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.

Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.

The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.

Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard.

Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall.

Everyone who fights always fight with a purpose in mind.

where oh where, in what cemetery of the heavens do the tender words of lovers rest when they love no more? (Searching for author)

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.

You've got to be smart to stay in this game. The quicker you learn, the quicker you succeed. You can't make the same mistakes over and over again.

Repentance is a rich biblical term that signifies an elemental transformation in someone's mind, heart, heart, and life.

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny. The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar -- that's wonderful.

I never look for a photograph. The photograph finds me and says, I'm here! and I say, Yes, I see you. I hear you.