A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
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.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
A human being is a deciding being.
