The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
Our true nationality is mankind.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
