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.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
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.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
