On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
