Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there ?
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
There is no education like adversity.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
Romance, like a ghost escapes touching, it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
The book you don't read cant help.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
A friend's love says. If you ever need anything, I'll be there. True Love says, you'll never need anything, i'll be there.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Ability is sexless.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
They say you were shot in the tabloids.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Teachers have three loves, love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
They are able because they think they are able.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
To God, there is no zero. I still exist.
Change comes from within.
I know that I will die laughing.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.