How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Human history is in essence a history of ideas.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

Our true nationality is mankind.

The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.

You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

A person's a person, no matter how small.

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.

Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.

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

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.