"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."

-Albert Einstein

"I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbours have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind....It is better to have only a little, with peace of mind, than be busy all the time with both hands, trying to catch the wind."

-Ecclesiastes 4:4

"Is it not stirring to understand how the world actually works–that white light is made of colours, that colour measures light waves, that transparent air reflects light...? It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."

-Carl Sagan, Skies of Other Worlds, 1988

"men's

 natures 

are

 alike; 

it is 

their habits

 that carry 

them far 

apart."

-Confucius

"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."

-Jiddu Krishnamurti

"One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better."

-Blaise Pascal

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."

-Isaac Newton

“Many of life's 

failures are

 people 

who did not 

realize how close

 they were to 

success 

when they 

gave up.”

-Thomas Edison

"The Rich must live more simply so that the Poor may simply live."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."

-Voltaire

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. 

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved;

When true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere;

When the will is sincere, then the heart is set right;

When the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated;

When the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated;

When the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly;

And when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in the world."

-Confucius

"Find out what the facts are, and make your own decisions about how to live a happy life and how to work for a better world."

-Linus Pauling

"A leader

 leads

 by 

example

 not by

 force."

-Sun Tzu

"Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself."

-Tenzin Gyatso,

14th Dalai Lama