Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
People fall forward to success.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
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.
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 desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.