Life-changing ideas and insights from some of the world's greatest thinkers.
Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness…she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils. She strips men's minds of empty thinking, bestows a greatness that is solid and administers a check to greatness where it is puffed up and all an empty show; she sees that we are left no doubt about the difference between what is great and what is bloated.
What is required is not a lot of words, but effectual ones.
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
It takes great goals to lead us out of our everyday limits into accomplishing more than we ever thought we could or would.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
The transition from the egoic self to the Authentic Self requires discipline... The good news is that discipline eventually becomes what I call a 'blissipline' because it leads to playing our part with integrity, dignity, elegance, passion, and deep contentment.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.