What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case. 

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.