Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts, making the noblest of gods creation, women, the object of our lust.
You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.
If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.
Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world but being able to remake ourselves.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
If I had no sense of humour, I would have committed suicide a long time ago.
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do it.
That service is the noblest rendereed for its own sake.