He kissed each finger, and with each one of them spoken a word. Five kisses, five words. His last.
Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
Feed your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, the powerful, and the positive
They're a rotten crowd', I shouted across the lawn. 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.
The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.
Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns in to universal, rather than religion-specific, values. . . it requires that their proposals be subject to argument and amenable to reason. Now I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, to take one example, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings of my church or evoke God's will. I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all.