To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

Human history is in essence a history of ideas.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

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

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

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.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

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

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.

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.

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.