The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.

Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution.

No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.

Thought creates character.

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

India is the mother of religion. In her are combined science and religion in perfect harmony, and that is the Hindu religion, and it is India that shall be again the spiritual mother of the world.

You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.

I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that's all it is. All I see is green and red.

Okay, I'm lazy. But being lazy is a talent. Sometimes it takes an awful lot of work.

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship.

The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having.

A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings and helps each individual find his uniqueness.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.