We are all in the same boat.

Take people as they are — there are no others.

We choose freedom.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

-- John Dewey

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

-- William James

The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.

-- William James

A nation's hundred-year plan rests on education.

-- Itō Hirobumi

A nation should not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.

-- Otto von Bismarck

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

-- Margaret Thatcher