The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.

Not only does beauty fade, but it leaves a record upon the face as to what became of it.

Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer's misguided attempt to meet his or her own needs. As we regard offenders from this point of view (regardless of whether they repent and regardless of what they have done or suffered), we will be in a position to forgive them.