Have a very good reason for everything you do.

In the great wealth, the great firmament of your nation's generosities this particular choice may perhaps be found by future generations as a trifle eccentric, but the mere fact of it . . . the prodigal, pure, human kindness of it . . . must be seen as a beautiful star in that firmament which shines upon me at this moment, dazzling me a little, but filling me with warmth of the extraordinary elation, the euphoria that happens to so many of us at the first breath of the majestic glow of a new tomorrow.

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

Work is life for me, it is the only point of life - and with it there is almost religious belief that service is everything.