Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
People fall forward to success.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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?
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
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.
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.
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.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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.
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.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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.
