One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Try me, amd you will start LOVING!

I could be the lone Eskimo, friend of whales and seals."The Panopticon

No one doubts your courage, but you are a headstrong knight and when you choose a way you cannot change your course even if it lead to your destruction. That is your fault and your destiny.

Fine writing is a distinct disadvantage. So is unique literary style. They take attention from the subject

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

We grow, we mature, some of us give birth, we age, we die.

Robert was concerned with how to make the photograph, and I with how to be the photograph.