"Ultimately nature and events are largely what our imaginations make them out to be."

"#3530. That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist."

"Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to dread each day as it comes."

"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little."

"The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men."

"The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job."

"EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy -- that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion."

"There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices."

"Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves."

"A Dream is where a boy can swim in the deepest oceans and fly over the highest clouds."

"Far from being a meaningless void, chaos is the source of creativity and construction in nature and in social dynamics."

"It is not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better."