How spiritually blind are men that they fail to see that we are bound together. We rise or fall together; we are dwarfed or godlike, free or chained, together.

Serious harm, I am afraid, has been wrought to our generation by fostering the idea that they would live secure in a permanent order of things.

I take happiness very seriously. It is a creed, a philosophy and an objective.

Christmas Day is the festival of optimism.

I am a child of my generation, and I rejoice that I live in such splendidly disturbing times.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.