An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

We don't get a chance to do that many things that are really great, and that has been one of the great ones.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

Who sows virtue reaps honour.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.