Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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.
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!
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
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.
