Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.

I prefer to stroll which has a buddy at nighttime, than by itself inside the light.

Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness must come from within, from a fixed purpose and faith in one's fellow men.

Your success and happiness lie in you. External conditions are the accidents of life, its outer trappings.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

The only moral virtue of war is that it compels the capitalist system to look itself in the face and admit it is a fraud. It compels the present society to admit that it has no morals it will not sacrifice for gain.

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.