Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

As soon as a religion comes to dominate it has as its opponents all those who would have been its first disciples.

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

The more thoroughly a person understands life, the less he will mock, though in the end he might still mock the "thoroughness of his understanding.

In large States public education will always be extremely mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is at best only mediocre.

None of the people have any real interest in a science, who only begin to be enthusiastic about it when they themselves have made discoveries in it.

To me, you were more than just a person. You were a place where I finally felt at home.

Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc.

Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.

If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.

There's a through line that connects all of us.

When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Idiocy is the female defect ... It is no worse than the male defect, which is lunacy.

One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain.

The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.