He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way?

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare—I have no use for him, either.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

...the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patterns; and he therefore becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be...The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.

Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.

To change your mind and to follow him who sets you straight is to be nonetheless the free agent that you were before.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.