“Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do right now, and do it. Today is your lucky day.”

There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

You'll see it when you believe it.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.