What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.

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.

Things must be felt with the heart.

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.

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

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