"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty."

"The environment is everything that isn't me."

"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice."

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift."

"We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage."

"Everything is clearer when you're in love."