There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.