The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?

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.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

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.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

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

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.

It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

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.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.