Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission

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

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.

I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

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.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.

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

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.