It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

We believe that religions are basically the same…they only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

Love is winning the war without starting the war. (L'amour, c'est gagner la guerre - Sans commencer la guerre)

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

It was actually fun to write [memoir], because I went back to interview people my parents had taught or who had worked with them, and I learned a lot about them that I hadn't known.

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).

Everything is imprinted for ever with what it once was.

Great design is a multi-layered relationship between human life and its environment.

We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui.

Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.

Liberty for each, for all, and forever!