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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance read more
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary read more
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
When it is darkest, men see the stars.
When it is darkest, men see the stars.
Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable read more
Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.
If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since read more
If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment read more
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Man is a piece of the universe made alive
Man is a piece of the universe made alive
The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man
The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man