We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

Where is this heaven? You have not even the power to see one grain of sand here. Can you see this earth of ours? The earth appears to us to be stationary, and the sun seems to go round us; but if we could get away from our earth, and look down from the sun upon it, we should see that it is moving round the sun in a circle, and that the sun is standing still. So it is with our conceptions of heaven and hell; they are not real, but only human conceptions.

The power of education extends beyond the development of skills; it is an instrument of empowerment and a means for addressing social injustices.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

Your attitude determines your altitude. Choose positivity and watch your life soar.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.