By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. 

Change in all things is sweet.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. 

Those who know how to think need no teachers. 

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must.