"It is impossible for men by their own strength and natural ability to become Christians, but it is possible for God to make them Christians."

“Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs!”

“A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (2012). “Mortal Questions”, p.32, Cambridge University Press

“Mass communication communicates massively: its language lacks precise articulation and avoids demanding terms; it argues for the kind of behavior in life which will make a "good program": ethic equals showbiz.”

“No country is free unless it is democratic.”

“I am now quite sure that Tragedy and Hope was suppressed although I do not know why or by whom”

“Teaching is so rewarding because when you see the look on student's faces when they get it, when you're able to excite them about what you're excited about; it's so rewarding, and it's so much fun.”

“As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer.”

“They said, OK, nine [Louis] Brandeis's is too much, but one is OK. So, with friends like that, and so forth. But, yes, the idea that because he was Jewish he would rule a particular way was an ugly undercurrent of the hearings, which resonates with current claims that a judge can't be impartial because of his or her background or ethnicity or race. It's, I guess, a small comfort that in the end the Brandeis vote wasn't close.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com