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.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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.
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
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.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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.