History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

More enduringly than any other sport wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker it breeds contempt for law it invites every man to become a law unto himself it invites anarchy.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading I must finish by acting.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.