One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The future is the shape of things to come.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

Any place I hang my head is home.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.