Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
"I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.""Well, not so much. They don't let you."
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.