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.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life, another form of life.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
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.
A human being is a deciding being.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
