My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.

I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive consumer…education as the practice of freedom…. education that connects the will to know with the will to become. Learning is a place where paradise can be created.

Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.