"The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell."

"Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives."

"Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted."

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

"It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved."

"I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do."

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."

"Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news."