I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

I can't tell you how to succeed, but I can tell you how to fail: Try to please everybody.

Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.

The purpose of life afterall is to live it.