it is always easier to do nothing than to try a new line of action.

Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds.

I think if the people of this country can be reached with the truth, their judgment will be in favor of the many, as against the privileged few

For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.

As life developed, I faced each problem as it came along. As my activities and work broadened and reached out, I never tried to shirk. I tried never to evade an issue. When I found I had something to do--I just did it.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.