The real test of the quality of life in a nation, as in a community, is how well the poorest people in it live.

People do not always learn from experience, but without it they do not learn at all.

Fantasy works better when it has something real to work with.

No one can truly say “Yes” to something, be it an experience or another person’s offer of love, if he cannot truly say “No”. No one can wholeheartedly accept and welcome love if he does not have an unquestioned right to refuse it. No one can fully and freely give love if he does not have the unquestioned right to withhold it.