What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.
The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, not between classes, nor between political parties, but through every human heart.
No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.
Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher.
What does it mean to be human? It means we are created in the image of God for the glorious reality of being in permanent fellowship with Him.