Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
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.
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.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
A human being is a deciding being.
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.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
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.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.