“Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilisation.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

God has no religion.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.

I was deeply, delightfully in love with a guy whose forceful intellect and ambition could possibly end up swallowing mine.

More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.

Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.

Art perpetuates beauty. Beauty is a symptom of the force that is nature. You are a force of nature, I love you.

I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.

If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

In respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.