Leo Tolstoy — "Everything depends on education. Education is everything."

"In historical events great men-so-called-are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels, they have but the smallest connection with the event itself."

"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience."

"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us."

"To be good, it is not enough to do good; you must also do it in a good way."