The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
—Catherine II of Russia (Russian Empress)
You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.
—Eric Hoffer (American Philosopher)
We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.
—Jeremy Collier (English Anglican Theater Critic)
The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you’re lying in your coffin….Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn’t it?
—Anthony de Mello (Indian-born American Theologian)
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
—Vincent van Gogh (Dutch Painter)
Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his limitations than those moments when he must push aside all the familiar defenses of ego and vanity, and accept reality by staring, with the fear that is normal to a man in combat, into the face of Death.
—Robert S. Johnson (American Military Leader)
There is no way to transform the world other than transforming yourself.
—Deepak Chopra (Indian-born American Physician)
Facts don’t cease to exist because they are ignored.
—Aldous Huxley (English Humanist)
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
—Amos Bronson Alcott (American Teacher)