The only thing that makes me believe in UFOs is that, sometimes I lose stuff.
Generosity means more than just giving. It also means to cooperate with others. The greatest act of generosity is to see beyond the weaknesses and mistakes of others, helping them to recognise their innate value.
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature. ... It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.
Fill every thought with determination, every step with courage and every word with love.
I think I am basically a happy person.
Brotherhood means understanding that a cry of pain means the same in all languages and so does a smile.
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
True freedom means to be beyond the influence of people and possessions.
Live for something rather than die for nothing.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm.
When there is growth, changes are automatic, if I fear change, how can there be growth?
Calm in quietude is not real calm. When you can be calm in the midst of activity, this is the true state of nature. Happiness in comfort is not real
happiness. When you can be happy in the midst of hardship, then you see the true potential of the mind.
