“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny.”

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

I think, therefore I am.

Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river.

The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.

Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.