It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
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.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
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.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.