You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Fate...is not the blind superstition or helplessness that waits stupidly for what may happen. Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Only very coarse persons wanted wars.

Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless.

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.