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Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued read more
Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. 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. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite.
Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows read more
Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.