There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

The superficiality of many is a result of deep fears. It takes spare time to think things out; it takes free time to mature. People in a hurry may not think well or mature well. The next best is a state of perpetual puerility.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.