I am convinced that there can be no regeneration of mankind until laughter is put down.

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

If a person's religious ideas correspond not with your own, love him nevertheless

Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.

If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we have concerning our future? If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers? If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him? If he is just, why fear that he will punish the creatures that he has filled with weaknesses?

To be omnipotent but friendless is to reign.