Where there is love, there is no imposition.
Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today that saying reveals an astute insight into egotism, about how those with swollen pride or vanity cannot see anything larger than themselves.
Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might offer me the most honourable positions in the world.