Children have helped me a lot.
We are entering an era when we shall create resources which shall be so constantly renewed that the only loss will be not to use them. There will be such a plenteous supply of heat, light and power, that it will be a sin not to use all we want. This era is coming now. And it is coming by way of Water.
I don’t read history. That’s in the past. I’m thinking of the future.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
Work is our sanity, our self-respect, our salvation. The day’s work is the center of everything.
Three most deleterious things of modern life in their present order of importance are: tobacco, alcohol and intemperate eating. Both alcohol and tobacco are taboo in plants.
Money will ruin the life of any man who treats it like anything but a tool with which to work.
I’m embarrassed to say a good chick flick – I’m an old romantic.
Individualism is what makes cooperation worth living.
Now I’m a warrior.
There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.
The basis of peace should be a world federation.
I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
Beware of monotony; its the mother of all the deadly sins.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
There are no limitations to any of our dreams.
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is ones destiny to do, and then do it.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
There is nothing to search for; everything you seek is already within.
If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.
[On leaving Brooklyn] I left the day I graduated high school.
