Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

There's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

Dogma is invariably wrong, as knowledge is always in a state of transition.

Nobody got anywhere in this world by simply being content.

What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.