That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
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.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
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.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
