“Ideally, love is unconditional; practically, it is more often the opposite.”

“A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.”

“The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.”

“Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.”

“The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.”

“It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.”