François Fénelon

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers . . . Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

Live, as it were, in trust. All that is in you, all that you are, is only loaned to you. Make use of it according to the will of Him who lends it, but never regard it for a moment as your own.

We can often do more for others by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.