The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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 sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
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.
Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.
