If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes