Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something to which we attach the self that is about to be annihilated?

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.

The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

A just society must strive with all its might to right wrongs even if righting wrongs is a highly perilous undertaking. But if it is to survive, a just society must be strong and resolute enough to deal swiftly and relentlessly with those who would mistake its good will for weakness.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.