True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.

If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession as well as to ourselves.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.