Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we
call luck.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we
call luck.

If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out
that there are hundreds, read more

If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out
that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other people just as
we are, who see the truth as we do...and are only waiting, again as we
are, for someone to proclaim it. The Kingdom of God is within you.

The thing I fear most is fear.

The thing I fear most is fear.

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was read more

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
[Ger., Das erste und letzte, was vom Genie gefordert wird, ist
Wahreits-Liebe.]

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We read more

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed
ourselves to this problem before.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.