Love's way of dealing with us is different from conscience's way. Conscience commands; love inspires. What we do out of love, we do because we want to.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

The aim of all education is, or should be, to teach people to educate themselves.

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

People should know about us. Girls who write their pain on their bodies. ~Louisa

If you would but exchange places with the other fellow how much more you could appreciate your own position.

This, however, is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.

. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .

There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation.

Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love].

I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.

Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was-like eating an egg without salt.

Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you.