The example could encourage others who only fear to start.
“I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.”
“For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church.”
“I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones,...”
“Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let...”
“What said those two souls communicating through the language of the eyes, more perfect than that of the lips, the language given to the soul in order that sound may not mar the ecstasy of feeling? ...”
“I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -J...”
“once sailed neither the ship nor the shore ever remains the same again.”
“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”
“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”