Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

People fall forward to success.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.

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.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.