Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.

Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral systems are therefore particular, serving a specific purpose for their propagators or creators, and enforcing a certain regime that disciplines human beings for social life by narrowing our perspectives and limiting our horizons.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Faith actually moves no mountains, but instead raises them up where there were none before.