战争是可怕的，但不是最可怕的事情；道德和爱国情感的衰败和堕落，认为没有什么值得战争，更糟糕。

对幼儿来说，妈妈的声音是具有特殊意义的参照物。

人生的伟大任务是学习主的旨意，然后遵行它。

一年最好的时光在春天，一天最好的时光在早晨；一家最重要的是和睦，一生最重要的是勤奋。

成功不是终点，失败也并非致命，重要的是继续前进的勇气。

The future belongs to those who can make leather without leaving scars—on the earth or its people.

I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."