You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.

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.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

I never waste time looking back.

I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.