“Anger closes the mind and cools the heart when both are need most”
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy.”
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
“Self-improvement begins with self-acceptance. All of life, everything else, has led up to this. This is your work now. It is the final step. Go for it.”
“Having the freedom of speech does not mean saying what’s humane, hateless and non-prejudicial.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
“I urge you to: Trudge not through life leaving ugly gashes, Tiptoe not through life leaving half-formed impressions, But tread gently, lovingly and purposefully Leaving graceful heart-prints.”
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”
“The understanding of atomic physics is child’s play, compared with the understanding of child’s play.”