“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere.”

“Old age is just a record of one's whole life.”

“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”

“Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.”

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.”

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.”