Here are some wonderful quotes which have inspired us and are often referred to in our courses:
Albert Einstein Wisdom Quotes
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag.
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
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 feeling 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.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe
It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.
You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds. Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Goethe Wisdom quotes
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.
A useless life is an early death.
Patriotism ruins history.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Treat a man as he is, he will remain so. Treat a man the way he can be and ought to be, and he will become as he can be and should be.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply!
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
Benjamin Franklin Wisdom Quotes
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
There are no gains without pains.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
All would live long, but none would be old. Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven.
Aristotle Wisdom Quotes
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power, that is not easy.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. We make war that we may live in peace.
Plato Wisdom Quotes
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Socrates Wisdom Quotes
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Be as you wish to seem
Call no man unhappy until he is married
Philosophy begins with wonder
Abraham Lincoln Wisdom Quotes
I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly
If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better
God must love the common man, he made so many of them
A house divided against itself cannot stand
Mahatma Gandhi Wisdom Quotes
Be the change you want to see in the world
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love
Nobody can hurt me without my permission
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind
My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems
Jesse Owens Wisdom Quotes
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort
One chance is all you need Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it
Banazir Bhutto Wisdom Quote
All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question I have nothing to hide
Jesus Wisdom Quotes
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks
No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light
