A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
A human being is a deciding being.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
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.
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
Our true nationality is mankind.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
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.
