Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
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.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
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.
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.
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.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.