Archived Quotes

I had reasoned this out in my mind;

there was one of two things I had a right to,

liberty or death.

To succeed in your mission,

you must have single

minded

devotion to your goal.

Nobody builds walls better than me.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity,

they think of you.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Better it is to live one day

seeing the rise and fall of things

than to live a hundred years without ever seeing it.

Teaching is a very noble

profession that shapes

the character, caliber,

and future of an individual.

If the people remember me

as a good teacher, that will

be the biggest honour for me.

Biographies,

as generally written,

are not only misleading but false...

In most instances,

they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

Fall forward.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years.

I didn't want to interrupt her.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path,

walk alone.

It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us

dreamers and indolent...

It is good to begin life poor;

it is good to begin life rich

these are wholesome;

but to begin it prospectively rich!

The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.

Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times.

The most successful politician is he who says,

what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

Only God can judge me.

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Without electricity,

the air would rot.

I tell you,

we are here on Earth to fart around,

and don’t let anybody tell you different.