Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a read more

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all read more

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this read more

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, read more

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.\r\n