If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye. 

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. 

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Some appointments end up in disappointment.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. 

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.

Some of the greatest pains are often caused by people who are dear to us.

However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.