Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

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

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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 highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.

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

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.

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

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.

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

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

People fall forward to success.

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