People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

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

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

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

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

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

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

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

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

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

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

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.

The people who turn out best are those people who make the best out of the way things turn out.

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

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.