In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
