Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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?
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
Our true nationality is mankind.
