"I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders."

"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

"Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me."

"We are told that an Indian cannot be made to feel a slight. I confess I have never found an Indian who could not."

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."