I have the knack of easing scruples.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

The past is always with us. It echoes through every living moment, giving it depth and meaning beyond itself. Sometimes the past is so powerful, those echoes threaten to overwhelm the present.

There is simply no issue more important. Conservation is the preservation of human life on earth, and that, above all else, is worth fighting for.

Where do we people go if not towards the perfection of our own illusion?

I think fearless is having fears but jumping anyway.

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.

God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.

Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new hierarchy of power.

What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first of all a day for Him.

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.