What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.

In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.

In all living there is a certain narrowness of application which leads to breadth and power. We have to concent on a thing in order to master it. Then we must be broad enough not to be narrowed by our specialties.

All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

When we count on chance in lieu of law and labor, we weaken our healthy attitudes toward work, our fellow men and our God.