On action alone be thy interest... Never on its fruits... Let not the fruits of action be thy motive,
Nor be thy attachment to inaction...
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
The heart is always right-- if there's a question of choosing between the mind and the heart-- because mind is a creation of the society. It has been educated. You have been given it by the society, not by existence. The heart is unpolluted.
This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
All that is great cannot be possessed - and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess.
I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I am an American - you know, you grow.
You're not getting older, you're getting better
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
Americans... still believe in an America where anythings possible - they just dont think their leaders do.
When you refuse to set boundaries to what is achievable, you can inspire others to believe that they, too, can make things happen.
