Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.