The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

God — the John Doe of philosophy and religion.

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.

Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.