Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.