American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power houses.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.

To be a great success detect the problem, find the solutions, never complain, but never forget to compliment someone.

Our epoch does not love itself.

States are great engines moving slowly.

"Americans do not presume to equate God's purposes with any purpose of our own...."[Prayer] teaches us to trust, to accept that God's plan unfolds in his time, not our own.

To improve short-term memory significantly, reduce the stress in your life. And choose your parents wisely.

Honestly, I really hated dancing at first. Because I'm not good at it. I still don't like dancing.

The seeds are tiny, unborn things, and I resent them. They'll be planted and they'll grow into exactly what they're meant to be.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but, its not who you are.