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.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.

We still have it in our power to rise above the fears, imagined and real, and to shoulder the great burdens which destiny has placed upon us, not for our country alone, but for the benefit of all the world. That is the only destiny worthy of America.

Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

When one door of hapiness closes, another opens.