“Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.”

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.