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 man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

A person's a person, no matter how small.

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.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

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

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

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.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

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.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.