The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
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.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Our true nationality is mankind.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
