Love without conversation is impossible.

Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

Always be friendly, always be kind, Like the most beautiful flower that you can find.

Believing is not thinking something is true, Shireen. It is acting for the truth.

Practice makes perfect, but it doesn’t make new.

People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force.

Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.

You cannot insult the faith of others.

My predictions are notably inaccurate

Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God.