That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
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.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
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 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
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
