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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.
There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense.
If one extends knowledge to the utmost, one will have wisdom. Having wisdom, one can then make choices.
A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.
The worst type of freedom we are suffering from in modern times is the freedom to lead an immoral life.
Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.
If they say I am inconsistent let them say it, for it is true, because inconsistency is a part of living
Youth is harmed by having wisdom thrust upon it. Youth must gather wisdom slowly, in laughter and tears.
The first step in wisdom, as well as in morality, is to open the windows of the ego as wide as possible.
"if a rock falls on another rock on the other side of the moon, how does Islam explain it?" "Who Cares?"
The time of wisdom cannot be measured, and for me, wisdom is the garden. There is no time in the garden.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people
Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.
Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.
The most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property.
One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world.
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
Success is when the whole gets enlightened. When you become one with the whole, that's the real success.
Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.
Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.
Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.
Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.
Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
Give a man food, and he can eat for a day. Give a man a job, and he can only eat for 30 minutes on break.
There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
This world only brings things apart that come together, and brings things together that weren't together.
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.
The mind is like the wind. You're trying to stop the wind, dressed as a kite. How are you going to do it?
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.
We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.