Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

Leaders walk their talks. They don’t give theories that do not work. They have clarity into their dreams and insight into their directions!

Each day we draft a new movement in our symphony of life

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice.

When I was a kid... I don't know which was more embarrassing, when I was really into The Beatles or when I was a hippie.

Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They are to be pitied who have no more trustworthy teacher than themselves.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.