"Men talk as if victory were something..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.”

“The hero is he who is immovably centered.”

“Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend”

“I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.”

“I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.”

“The harder I work the more I live.”

“I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.”

“The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory”

“We must thoroughly clear away all ideas among our cadres of winning easy victories through good luck, without hard and bitter struggle, without sweat and blood.”