The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.

Reform is like morning glories; they look great early in the day and then they disappear.

You think of outside your room, of the streets of the town, the lonely little squares over by the station, of those winter Saturdays all alike.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look,

Even in the most stressed times there is always time for reading.

Don't let tradition paralyze your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Be progressive in everything you do.

I paint my own reality.

Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence

Mercy is like the rainbow, which God hath set in the clouds; it never shines after it is night. If we refuse mercy here, we shall have justice in eternity.

Outsidetheir laboratories, thephysicianand chemist are soldiers without arms on the field of battle.

Children do not play because they learn; They play because they play.

I found college awkward: another teacher, same old chalkboard. I felt I was shifting backward, when I expected to shoot forward.