Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder..
Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death..
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
What one has to do usually can be done.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
