- When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.
- There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
- The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.
- Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.
- We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.
- Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him.
- Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
- If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.
- Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of power betray their fellows to hide themselves behind the cloak of submission. It is an evil thing.
- You are your own best teacher. My advice is to question all things. Seek for answers, and when you find what seems to be an answer, question that, too.
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