Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
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.
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.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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?
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
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.
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
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.