Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.

The Library is the heart of the University.

If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right.

Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.