Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
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
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
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.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
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.
