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.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
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.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.