If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore.

The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.

What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

We have to be careful that in throwing out the devil, we don't throw out the best part of ourselves.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

The habit of looking into the future and thinking that the whole meaning of the present lies in what it will bring forth is a pernicious one. There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts.

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

You can hide memories, suppress them, but you cant erase the history that produced them.