Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as I receive.

External conditions can, to a certain extent, reduce, but never cancel individual repsonsibility.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.