Is there anything so wretched as to look at a man of fine abilities doing nothing?

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.

Endure for another day, Mister Tannen, and you'll have all the foul black misuse of water you can drink.

The best person to get something done is a busy person.

The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness.

I am the animal at the head of the pack. … I either get eaten, or I get the good grass.

We’re taught at an early age that we’re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to be…what? Blessed? Rich? Certified? Legitimized? Educated? Partnership material?

You have to continue and discover the grammar of things, of what we can see.

Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

Sometimes, God gives you physical talent and takes away the brain.

Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.