Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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'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.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
