All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
A human being is a deciding being.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
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.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
People fall forward to success.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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.
