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.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
The whole universe is contained within a single human being – you.
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
People fall forward to success.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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.
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
