Who Quotes

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.