I must be cruel, only to be kind.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

What is past is prologue.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it… I can resist everything but temptation.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

The stroke of death is as a lover’s pinch, which hurts and is desired.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Human beings may well be unable to break free of the dictatorship of greed that spreads like a miasma over the world, but no longer will we be an inarticulate and ignorant humanity, confused by our enslavement to superior cruelty and weaponry.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

There are people in the world who aren’t necessarily Christians, but they’re just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Language is wine upon the lips.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

From caring comes courage.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare’s plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it.

Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

Possession isn’t nine-tenths of the law. It’s nine-tenths of the problem.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‚What are you doing for others?‘

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Compliment three people every day.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.