I Asked Myself Childish Questions And Proceeded

The Only Justifiable Purpose Of Political Institutions Is To Ensure The Unhindered Development Of The Individual.

I Have Never Looked Upon Ease And Happiness As Ends In Themselves - This Critical Basis I Call The Ideal Of A Pigsty. The Ideals That Have Lighted My Way, And Time After Time Have Given Me New Courage To Face Life Cheerfully, Have Been Kindness, Beauty, And Truth. Without The Sense Of Kinship With Men Of Like Mind, Without The Occupation With The Objective World, The Eternally Unattainable In The Field Of Art And Scientific Endeavors, Life Would Have Seemed Empty To Me. The Trite Objects Of Human Efforts - Possessions, Outward Success, Luxury - Have Always Seemed To Me Contemptible.

I Was Very Pleased With Your Kind Letter. Until Now I Never Dreamed Of Being Something Like A Hero. But Since You've Given Me The Nomination I Feel That I Am One.

The More I Learn, The More I Realize I Don't Know.

Don't Become A Seeker Of Success. Become A Person Of Value.