Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

An insufficient level of awareness is indistinguishable from ignorance.

Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.

Journey over, sorrowless, freed in every way, and with all bonds broken - for such a man there is no more distress.

Everyone must go through all experiences but they need not go through them all in reality -they can do it vicariously, by imagination.

Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.

I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.

Sure we fit. We wouldn't be here if we didn't. But the world wasn't made for us and it will endure without us.

Facts have proved that prosperity at the expense of the environment is only delaying disaster. We cannot passively protect our environment by simply stopping economic development.

It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.