A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
Our true nationality is mankind.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.
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.
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.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
