If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

The knowledge of all things is possible

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country

Faith without doubt is addiction

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.