A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Make a career of humanity… It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man… You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.

This often misunderstood and misinterpreted concept has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man.

This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all men

Evil can be cast out, not by man alone nor by a dictatorial God who invades our lives, but when we open the door and invite God through Christ to enter.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.

Make new mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before.

Anyone who attempts is not a failure.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.

Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.