Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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.
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.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
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.
