We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
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.
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.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.
