How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
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.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
A human being is a deciding being.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
