The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.

It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.

You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that the baker performs a greater service; but no lover of music would agree.

Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

Patriotism which has the quality of intoxication is a danger not only to its native land but to the world, and "My country never wrong" is an even more dangerous maxim than "My country, right or wrong."

The secrets to happiness include enterprise, exploration of one's interests and the overcoming of obstacles.