The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.

When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men's souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort, wealth and the pursuit of happiness in response to impulses at once awe-striking and irresistible, we learn that we are spirits, not animals.

How I hated this school, and what a life of anxiety I lived there for more than two years.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.