"I hate nobody: I am in charity..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.”

“What poet would not grieve to seeHis brother write as well as he?But rather than they should excel,He'd wish his rivals all in Hell.”

“Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.”

“Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.”

“Nature must be viewed humanly to be viewed at all; that is, her scenes must be associated with humane affections, such as are associated with one's native place. She is most significant to a lover. A lover of Nature is preeminently a lover of man. If I have no friend, what is Nature to me? She ceases to be morally significant. . .”

“We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.”

“Pale brows, still hands and dim hair,I had a beautiful friendAnd dreamed that the old despairWould end in love in the end.”

“his mysterious resources had awakened in her a curiosity that was difficult to resist, but she had never imagined that curiosity was one of the many masks of love.”

“And if you think that you're showing your love to Catherine by suffering the way you've been doing, then somewhere along the way, I must have messed up in raising you." "You didn't mess up...." "I must have. Because when I look at you, I see myself, and to be honest, I'd rather see someone different. I'd like to see someone who learned that it's okay to go on, that it's okay to find someone that can make you happy. But right now, it's like I'm looking in the mirror and seeing myself twenty years ago.”