To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

The higher you soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

If we are to achieve richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.

What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for?

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."

Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.

You must try to observe yourself more and more objectively, to look at everything in yourself as though another person.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.