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

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.