How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
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.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
