Our true nationality is mankind.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
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.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission
