“With my book in one handAnd my drink in the otherWhat more could I wantBut fame,Better health,And ten million dollars?”

“It's more complicated than that." TL in "The Rhetoric of Religion”

“Ecology teaches us “that the total economy of the planet cannot be guided by an efficient rationale of exploitation alone,” wrote Burke more than 70 years ago, “but that the exploiting part must eventually suffer if it too greatly disturbs the balance of the whole.”

“Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.”

“The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken.”

“I know you pretty well.""Better than anyone I think."I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.”

“Let me strive every moment of my life to make myself better and better, to the best of my ability, that all may profit by it.Let me think of the right and lend all my assistance to those who need it, with no regard for anything but justice.Let me take what comes with a smile, without loss of courage.Let me be considerate of my country, of my fellow citizens and my associates in everything I say and do.Let me do right to all, and wrong no man.”