There is nothing wrong with being the most important person under the sun if everybody else is just as important as you are.

When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.

Not smoking enough will cause lung cancer! If anybody is getting a cancerous activity in the lung, the probabilities are that it's radiation dosage coupled with the fact that he smokes. And what it does is start to run out the radiation dosage, don't you see.

One of the ways you learn about life is to associate with people.

As long as children and young men and women find pleasure in study, they will continue studying throughout life - and upon that depends their happiness.

Living is a pretty grim joke, but a joke just the same.