There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
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.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
A human being is a deciding being.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
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.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
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.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
Are we happy that our grandchildren may never seen an elephant except in a picture book?
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.