“For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.”
“Only through time time is conquered.”
“What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning.”
“April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.”
“Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.”
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.”
“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.”
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.”
“To survive, you must tell stories.”
“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.”
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”
“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.”
“Pessimism never won any battle.”
“You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.”
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
“We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military–industrial complex.”
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired is a theft from those who hunger and are not fed.”