My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh.

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

I have seen the future, and it works.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a - village, the "tough" among cities, a spectacle for the nation.

When we choose to engage reality as the best each moment can be, we are shaping more positive experiences for others.

The soul's garden is watered by love's rivers.

Sadness, it was such an arresting emotion. You could almost convince yourself of the rhyme and reason of heartbreak.

The Great stories give us the hope and the courage to survive life.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

No being incapable of controlling their own mind or developing ethics and a loving character can ever be a Master. First we must have accomplishment.

All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly

You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.