One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
People fall forward to success.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
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.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
