I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its read more

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been read more

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry read more

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

We are that which activates the body.

We are that which activates the body.