A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
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.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
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.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
