Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person

I found that almost everyone had something interesting to contribute to my education.

Losing money is a big loss, losing friends is greater than the loss, also lost all faith is lost

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.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.