Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea of the moral world.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

...At the end of the day, what matters is our faith in humanity...

We are created with life’s inherent sense of order and urge to thrive.

If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.

The healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.

Old wives' tales have hurt cats. They're not true! Who are those Old Wives?

A hungry man is an angry one.

Placed on this isthmus of a middle state.

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

The world rests on principles.

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.