I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.