You know, I have found in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Joblessness opens the door for greater opportunities

Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.

There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them and feel justified in lying to them.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed.

We all possess more power and greater possibilities than we realize, and visualizing is one of the greatest of these powers.

We are not these bodies, just souls having a bodily experience.

Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long.

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.