He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
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.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.