“Democracy is a festival of mediocrity.”

“My enthusiasms ... constitute my reserves my unexploited resources perhaps my future.”

“Let us not be needlessly bitter certain failures are sometimes fruitful.”

“Let us not be needlessly bitter: certain failures are sometimes fruitful.”

“If each of us were to confess his most secret desire the one that inspires all his plans all his actions he would say: "I want to be praised."”

“An individual dies ... when instead of taking risks and hurling himself toward being he cowers within and takes refuge there.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”