It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

Study history, study history. In history list all the secrets of statecraft.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigar and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the interval between them.

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure. 

 Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. 

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

To quench my longing I bent myself low by the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow in that magical wood in the land of sleep.

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.

Some mountains appear when seawater recedes.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. 

World belongs to humanity, not the leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.