"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking."

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry."

"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field."

"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."

"Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

"The most efficient labor-saving device is still money."

"In war there is no substitute for victory."

"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?"

"Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests."

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily."