No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

It makes all the difference in the world whether we put truth in the first place or in the second place.

He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.

A gentle Quaker hearing a strange noise in his house one night got up and discovered a burglar busily at work. He went and got his gun came back and stood quietly in the doorway. 'Friend,' he said, 'I...

If we cannot live so as to be happy let us at least live so as to deserve it.

Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons.

I have often thought morality may perhaps consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

People who make some other person part of their job are dangerous.

A great leader must always keep in mind the golden rule: respect for their subordinates. Tribute to Noah Sealth.

Politics should be a field that attracts statesmen, not future CEOs and board members.

Thinking Reports enable the prisoners to wash their brains, and become new! he announced cheerfully. "Washing the brain is very important to your reform, and improving your real situation."

You can't cheat if there are no rules

Modernization, socialization, and progression don't alter nor permit discarding the morals and the laws one should abide themselves to.

Not only are the poorest people the most generous, but they don't expect anything in return, least of all recognition from others by means of showing off or posting a humble brag like so many from...

Earthly life is a temporary phenomenon only. Death comes sooner or later to all mortals. It is honour that is the eternal thing. I asked you not about your life, but about your honour and your good...

Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in...

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us. Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York after WWI

We must stop calling bribes in our higher institutions helping my child to gain admission.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

A good action is never lost

Hard work makes us strong, behavior and intentions make us unique.