When man discovered the mirror, he began to lose his soul.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.

Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.

A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion.

To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.

The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It can be termed the collective or creative consciousness.

It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.

Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can’t directly influence things.

A bride never forgets her wedding ornaments!

Where logic reaches, religion leaves.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?

Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.

Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.

We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors . . . But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.

Because you're mine, I walk the line.

Momijii Sohma: Kyo's got the hots!!