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.

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

Destruction, violence, ravages, murder, are perpetrated by statute law.

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.