The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.

One of the most difficult things to do in life is thinking; that's why so few people engage in it.

The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tunor.

Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.

Businessmen go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot change.

Money the root of all evil, unless used for good purpose

When you get a whole country - as did ours - thinking that Washington is a sort of heaven and behind its clouds dwell omniscience and omnipotence, you are educating that country into a dependent state of mind which augers ill for the future.