Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.

Outsized returns come from betting against conventional wisdom, but conventional wisdom is usually right.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.