Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

Agreed—life is a gamble. But that is no reason for you to become a gambler.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Action expresses priorities.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. 

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.