We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
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.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
