You give birth to that on which you fix your mind

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.