Perception starts with the eye.

There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

But it is not at all certain that this superiority of the many over the sound few is possible in the case of every people and every large number. There are some whom it would be impossible: otherwise the theory would apply to wild animals- and yet some men are hardly any better than wild animals.

It [Justice] is complete virtue in the fullest sense, because it is the active exercise of complete virtue; and it is complete because its possessor can exercise it in relation to another person, and not only by himself.

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life... to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.