The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
People fall forward to success.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
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.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Our true nationality is mankind.
