Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
