Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

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

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Human history is in essence a history of ideas.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

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.

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

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

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 a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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.

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

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.