The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.

If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.

I look upon air-power for destruction as a terrible crime against humanity.

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.