Man is always worse than most people suspect, but also generally better than most people dream.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Only insecure boys will belittle a woman. The greatest way to "man-up" is to empower women.

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

I don't know how this can be but it can: A painting is both exactly rhe same and entirely different every single time you look at it.

There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.

If you want more effective programmers, you will discover that they should not waste their time debugging, they should not introduce the bugs to start with.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion.

You have the power in the present moment to change limiting beliefs and consciously plant the seeds for the future of your choosing. As you change your mind, you change your experience.

Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.