The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
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.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
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.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
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.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
