“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
“Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand
“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be
“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
“It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others
“Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt
““What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable
“A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy
“We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace