You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

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.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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

There is no come back to caves. We are too many.

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.

People fall forward to success.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.