"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it."

"The world is full of people who are trying to pluck the feathers of a bird without disturbing its flight."

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."

"The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of its cities, nor the crops in its fields, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"We must move forward, not backward."