“All great things are done for their own sake.”

Freedom lies in being bold.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

All thought is a feat of association; having what’s in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn’t know you knew.

The test is always how we treat the poor.

All the fun is in how you say a thing.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

The artist in me cries out for design.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Never cut what you can untie.

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever’s going. Not against: with.

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

When you’re great! You attract great! When you’re average! You attract average!

Great and small suffer the same mishaps.

Recycle your pain, allow your pain to reach you to greatness.

I figured something out. And it is no secret what I figured out. Whatever the majority of people were doing, I found myself doing the opposite. I wanted to chase something great.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Remember, your mind is your greatest asset, so be careful what you put into it.

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.