Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended.

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.

To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task of living wisely.

Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back.

The very process of living is a continual interplay between the individual and his environment, often taking the form of a struggle resulting in injury or disease.

Sometimes the more measurable drives out the most important.

Each civilization has its own kind of pestilence and can control it only by reforming itself.

It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.

There is an unbroken continuum from the wisdom of the body to the wisdom of the mind, from the wisdom of the individual to the wisdom of the race.

The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory.

What happens in the mind of man is always reflected in the disease of his body.

...I can't make exceptions for myself. If I can run, I will run. I don't have to feel good to do it.

An ally in time of need is worth more than gold.(Lady Rose quoting Scholar Tan)

The greatest multiplex in the universe is inside your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.

I know when something ain't right, and I know exactly what I will or won't tolerate.

The last few months of George Bush's presidency brought Obama and nobody can be happy about that.

In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.

We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.

There is no need for nuclear. The world can be powered by wind, water and sun alone.

Discipline your mind to think positively; to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.