A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

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

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.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

Our true nationality is mankind.

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

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

Human history is in essence a history of ideas.

In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.

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

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

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

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

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

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be

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

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.

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