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.

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

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.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

The idea that all people can and should live together in peace is not really a new one - but yet in practice it is very young indeed.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society.

English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England.

The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned with their own affairs.

Slow down, totally. You have to slow down and pay attention to everything.

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.

I don't drive often, because the parking makes it too much of a nuisance. And I could never go back to commuting or anything. I'd just get fed up with it.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.