John Ruskin

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.