A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it.

Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.

The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the heart of a woman?

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.