War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourself.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.