Wisdom

Evolving and bettering yourself is wonderful, but not if the set of standards and values you adopt smothers you into oblivion in the process.

I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists.

It is not the cares of today but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.

No one knows the future, but the present offers clues and hints on its direction.

A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the laughs generally come on the reaction of the straight man to the funny thing the other person has done.

The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in order to grasp true meaning.

The universe created me to see its own beauty through my eyes.

For me it's NOT to, It's 'For'give; As Given it's NOT you 'For'given.

Endurance over-goaded, stretched the hand of fraternity to sedition.

Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.

Seek the miracles in a sacred moment.

Answer only when asked, otherwise do not say anything. Don't say a thing in this world. To tell [give advice] is the biggest disease. Your beard grows without you saying anything, doesn't it?

A thick skin is a gift from God.

Time is a precious gift.

It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.

Sacrifice is the most beautiful situation and solution for all social problems.

Revenge is an infection of the spirit.

There is absolutely no single aspect of one’s personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men typically are asked to excel. I believe empathy is not only the core of art, literature and music, but should also be at the core of society, from ethics to economics.

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.

Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear.