“A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant one.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment, and wonder at that which is different from oneself.”
“We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.”
“What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.”
“I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.”
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
“Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
“They also serve who only stand and wait.”
“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.”