Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Our true nationality is mankind.
There are four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. That’s four million solutions to the problem of staying alive.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
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.
A human being is a deciding being.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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.
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.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
