when the people of any country choose peace at all costs, not even generals can make war.

If I have learned anything in my long life it is to be grateful for every occasion when I followed my sympathies and avoided my antipathies.

the heart never grows old.

A favorite means of escaping the solution to any problem is to declare it too complex for solution. This absolves us from attempting solution. ... Any problem is too complex to solve when we do not wish to accept the conditions of solution. Solution is possible where acceptance is ready.

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

Iowans know themselves and what they are doing. They are doing well.

None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers.