“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”

“Comparison is the thief of joy.”

“The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books”

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“I was once driven north along Central Park, all the way from Chinatown. We hailed the cab in front of a building where Orthodox Jews still lived, so they shut down an elevator on Saturdays. In the ...”

“In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny.”

“The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy.”

“We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to resc...”

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”

“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must at that moment become the center of the universe.”