That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.

The Italians are fond of red clothes, peacock plumes, and embroidery; and I remember one rainy morning in the city of Palermo, the street was ablaze with scarlet umbrellas.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.

Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.