First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

Let's have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

National interest and the interest of the people in power may be at loggerheads at times.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. 

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego go 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.

Life should be great rather than long.