“Objectivity works to repel the attacks of critics, like a kind of ethical pepper spray.”

“All the day I held the memory of you, and woveIts laughter with the dancing light o' the spray,And sowed the sky with tiny clouds of love...”

“If you weren't such a great man, you'd be a terrible bore.”

“Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.”

“For half a century he had stood too close to darkness, and some it crept into his bones.”

“A thousand prickling tender touches lit upon her, as if she was caught in a rainstorm and the raindrops were love.”

“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.”