Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still. Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -- where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do.

Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Action is the antidote to despair.

The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.