Hatred of evil does not diminish evil, it increases it.
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.
I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.
The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And Fate always wins.
Gay marriage should be legalized in america because gay men are the only men who want to be married.