Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.