“I can’t offer you how to be smart. I CAN offer you how to be happy.”

“I came into the world with two priceless advantages: good health and a love of learning. When I left school at the age of fifteen I was halfway through the tenth grade. I left for two reasons, economic necessity being the first of them. More important, was that school was interfering with my education.”

“Intelligence is what enables you to get along without education; education is what enables you to get along without intelligence.”

“To die of age is a rare, singular and extraordinary death.”

“Run away to an open space with the fresh air and say, ‘Thank you, God, for giving me the strength to run away.’ And in the open space, you can rejoice and breathe.”