It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
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 great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
People fall forward to success.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
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.
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.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
