To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

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.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

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.

A human being is a deciding being.