The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper.
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Once you were a starlet. Then you're a star. Can you be a starlet again?
Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption. All the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed. And we must share it, for only by being one with them can we redeem them by bringing God into their lives and bringing them to God.
The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.
Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her costume style and hair color virtually every month, Madonna embodies the eternal values of beauty and pleasure. Feminism says, 'No more masks. ' Madonna says we are nothing but masks. Through her enormous impact on young women around the world, Madonna is the future of feminism.