Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice.

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand Unshaken when I fall; that I may know The shattered fragments of my song will come At last to finer melody in you; That I may tell my heart that you begin Where passing I leave off, and fathom more.

It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day