A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
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.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
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 human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
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.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
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 man is great by deeds, not by birth.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
