To measure the man, measure his heart.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now.
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a God playing the fool.
A person's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.
We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this.
After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather.
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.