It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his pack But no one can rate a burden's weight Until it has been on his back

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Divine the Powers that on this trio wait. Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate. Love, Work, and Faith - these three alone are great.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A weed is but an unloved flower.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

The weak can't bear to face their weaknesses in the presence of our strength.

Only a strong faith—a faith based on God’s Word—will protect us from temptation and doubt.

How will machines know what we value if we don't know ourselves?

Fashion is more about feel than science.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.

Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical West Africa, they acquired valuable domestic animals only later, from the north.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people.

It's not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously.