“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
“To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.”
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”
“Education must not simply teach work—it must teach life.”
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”
“Never complain and never explain.”
“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”
“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”
“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”
“Skepticism is the first step toward truth.”
“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.”
“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately in love with suffering.”
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.”