“he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors”

“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.”

“When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too.”

“But he was so great!' Yes, and the people who got on the Titanic thought they were going on a vacation”

“A great-great grandpa (there might be another great in there, I'm not sure) offered a gun and horse to anyone that would join the Confederacy in '64. Who cares if it was 1964. Give the guy a break. He had Alzheimer's and thought he was Jefferson Davis.”

“There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.”

“No great saint lived without errors.”

“Great abilities are rare, and they are often accompanied by qualities which make the abilities useless to him who has them, and even injurious to society.”

“A thought is an upshot of the desire. When someone thinks about what he wants, he does not think of something undesirable. For example, a person never thinks about the day of his death. On the contrary, he will always contemplate his perpetuity, for this is his desire. Thus, one always thinks of what is desirable (…) It turns out that thought serves desire, and desire is the “self” of the person. Now, there is a great self, or a small self. A great self dominates the small selves. He who is a small self has no dominion whatsoever, and the advice is to magnify the self through the diligence of the thought on the desire, since it grows to the extent that one thinks of it.”

“I often thought this country might end up being a great country for my grandkids. Now I believe it can be a great one for my kids.”