Anchor keeps the ship in one place. But that is not what ships are made for!

I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all.

Those who know how to think need no teachers. 

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. 

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.