Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.

A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.

Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never "heard of."

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.

What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes.

The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left free to run its own course.

This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

I want you to identify your strengths or talents and to find something about yourself that makes you unique and special and refer to that image each time you find yourself feeling insecure or unsure.

Ball caps travel far and wide. They do far more than keep the sun out of your eyes or the cold off your head. Ball caps are a statement.

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.

The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars.

In love, first please the eye, then win the heart.

Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none.

I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.