Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

A person's a person, no matter how small.

You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

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.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.