Most people would rather give than get affection.

To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility."

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

If we think only of ourselves, forget about other people, then our minds occupy very small area. Inside that small area, even tiny problem appears very big.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.

People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Numerous are the academic chairs, but rare are wise and noble teachers. Numerous and large are the lecture halls, but far from numerous the young people who genuinely thirst for truth and justice.

Young people especially like to contemplate bold projects. Also, it is natural for a serious young man to envision his desired goals with the greatest possible precision.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

Live with purpose. Don’t let people or things around you get you down.

Compassionate people are geniuses in the art of living, more necessary to the dignity, security, and joy of humanity than the discoverers of knowledge.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.