Chartacter Quotes

Self knowledge involves relationship.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action

with another person.

Some day following the example,

of the United States of America,

there will be a United States of Europe.

W Alphabet and Letter in Red

Without a struggle,

there can be no progress.

My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana,

in my eighth year... It was a wild region,

with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods.

There I grew up... Of course when I came of age,

I did not know much.

Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher...

but that was all.

P Alphabet and Letter in Red

When I am getting ready to reason with a man,

I spend one third of my time thinking about

myself and what I am going to say and two

thirds about him and what he is going to say.

I cannot possibly believe that

I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry,

inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed,

denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

I always knew I was destined for greatness.

The more you can increase fear of drugs,

crime, welfare, immigration, and aliens,

the more you control all of the people.

Occurrences in this domain are beyond

the reach of exact prediction

because of the variety of factors in operation,

not because of any lack of order in nature.

There are times when one would like to hang

the whole human race, and finish the farce.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts

and only asks to be loved.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time,

loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Digital technology has several features

that can make it much easier for teachers to

pay special attention to all their students

I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing.

I was a disadvantaged child from a non

educated family,

yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.

Better than a thousand useless words is

one useful word.