You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly human goal.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth.
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.
Our Father which art in heaven – Stay there – And we will stay on earth – Which is sometimes so pretty.
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us.
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.
That government is best which governs least.
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust – or less than dust – in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing.
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don’t blame anybody else. You are entitled to free fresh air, and that’s it. Do the rest yourself.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
Together let us desire, conceive, and create the new structure of the future, which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in one unity and which will one day rise toward Heaven from the hands of a million workers like the crystal symbol of a new faith.
A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself.
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words) that reforms, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain.
Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
That great Cathedral space which was childhood.
The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.
Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation, and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews.
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.
Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
We wind a simple ring of iron with coils; we establish the connections to the generator, and with wonder and delight we note the effects of strange forces which we bring into play, which allow us to transform, to transmit and direct energy at will.
I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it’s about how many peoples’ lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
