The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.