A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
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.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
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.
