One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.