Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

Ideas are the roots of creation.

Ideas are the root of creation.

The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers.

Reading, to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name

You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.

Americans cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room.

Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.

No guts, no story.

Best way to achieve greatness is to serve others with great love.

Only the most uncritical minds are free from doubt.

But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That's why they all look so sad.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.

The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.

Everything is self-evident.

We all know the part of us that needs to be harnessed. It takes someone else to know the part of us that needs to be set free.

Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of men's affections, more than all their swords!