Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Napoleon Bonaparte

If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out

Oscar Wilde

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

Gwen Stefani

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

Richard Rorty

If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals entered human ambition. It was clear there'd be no end to what people would be made to suffer for it.

Nadine Gordimer

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

Rene Descartes

Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will.

Terry Eagleton

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

English Proverb

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

Milan Kundera

The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on.

Jodi Picoult

When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful!

Soren Kierkegaard

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.

Franklin P. Jones