It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

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.

Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

A human being is a deciding being.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

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

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.

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

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

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

The people who turn out best are those people who make the best out of the way things turn out.

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

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.