I have come to the conclusion that the modern interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is something like this: I am as good as those that think themselves better and a long sight better than those who only think themselves as good.

I am a Californian, and we have twice the individuality and originality of any people in the United States. We always get quite huffy when we are spoken of as merely Americans.

Civilization in certain respects is as inadequate as it was a thousand years ago.

To put a tempting face aside when duty demands every faculty is a lesson which takes most men longest to learn.

The final result of too much routine is death in life.

Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!

Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.