It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.

How true it is that our destinies are decided by nothings and that a small imprudence helped by some insignificant accident, as an acorn is fertilized by a drop of rain, may raise the trees on which perhaps we and others shall be crucified.

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.