"Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns."

“You know what love is? It is all kindness, generosity.”

“Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can.”

“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”

Source : Abigail Reynolds (2010). “Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist”, p.27, Sourcebooks, Inc.

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.”

Source : William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.285

“If we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards.”

“I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her.”

“I have always been a pencil.”

Source : Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Riva Castleman, Wolfgang Wittrock, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (1985). “Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: images of the 1890's”

“Mathematics and art are quite different. We could not publish so many papers that used, repeatedly, the same idea and still command the respect of our colleagues.”