That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
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.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
