I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.