Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
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.
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.
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.
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
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.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission