It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.
The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.
Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.
The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.
Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world.
The majority of people believe in incredible things which are absolutely false. The majority of people daily act in a manner prejudicial to their general well-being.
. . . the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.
Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And for free.
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.