"There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true."

"If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate."

"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."

"A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect."

"If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that the true master is an eternal student."

"It is a quiet truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."