The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. It's a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It's already there.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.