Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

We have communion with Christ in His thoughts, views, and purposes; for His thoughts are our thoughts according to our capacity and sanctity. Believers take the same view of matters as Jesus does; that which pleases Him pleases them, and that which grieves His grieves them also.

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

My experience is listen, see, feel – and then think about what you change.

I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.

If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I’m on course, and I’m doing what God wants me to do. I’m real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn’t any good reason to refer to it.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That’s the way the mind of man operates.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Error is always more busy than truth.

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

You will always have partial points of view, and you’ll always have the story behind the story that hasn’t come out yet. And any form of journalism you’re involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us.

Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Older people sit down and ask, ‚What is it?‘ but the boy asks, ‚What can I do with it?‘.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.