Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.
Theodore RooseveltThere is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.
Theodore RooseveltDon't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore RooseveltIf there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness," unaccompanied by a sense of moral accountability. We shall never make our republic what it should be until as a people we thoroughly understand and put in practice the doctrine that success is abhorrent if attained by the sacrifice of the fundamental principles of morality.
Theodore Roosevelt