to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you read more

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

The price of wisdom is eternal thought.

The price of wisdom is eternal thought.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they read more

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.