Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
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.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
A human being is a deciding being.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
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.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
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.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
