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.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
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.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
