“Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all men are equal?”

It is surmounting difficulties that make heroes.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Life comes only from life.

Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

Oh my goodness the mystery that has prompted my objective. My quality lies exclusively in my tirelessness.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries.

The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion or of dissent which he so stridently demands for himself. He cannot trust democracy.

I took my grandmother to the emergency room. The doctor said that she was on an artificial life support system, and that although her brain was dead her heart was still beating. I though, “we’ve never had a democrat in the family before”.

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.

The motive power of democracy is love.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.