“It is not that accepting and rejecting are great actions within themselves. But the right to accept or reject, now that is everything.”

“What about the virtue of letting others be themselves? Is this not the greatest virtue of all?”

“Why should the constitution of a peaceful individual hold less weight than the constitution of a nation?”

“I pray that if a god watches over us, it will have the decency to avoid the tasteless maneuver of voyeuristic trespass.”

“A philosopher's house is always more tuneful than a disciplinarian's.”

“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”

“a small spark can start a great fire”