A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.

The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.

Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .

Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.

It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land

The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity.

If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant.

Glorify what is great not what is important.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

The National Socialist Party in Austria never tried to hide its inclination for a greater Germany.

A little thing comforts us because a little thing afflicts us.

I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.

Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).

And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.

Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.