Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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.
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.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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.
