what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

...without equality there can be no democracy.

We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.