A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
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.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
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.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.