It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
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.
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
People fall forward to success.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.