Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
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.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Our true nationality is mankind.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
