“Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being, and is disposing of us by the same token”

“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”

“We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. ”

“The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.”

“Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.”

“We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.”

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”