Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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.
There is no come back to caves. We are too many.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
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.
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.
