Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Just because someone forgives your wrongs does not mean their hurt is healed forever.

Knowledge is a body of information.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. 

Well begun is half done.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. 

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.