Meditation Quotes

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

And if you can’t help them,

at least don’t hurt them.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I feel I am lucky I am grateful for this life that God has given me. I am happy, as I am getting to do work that I want to do and enjoy doing it.

I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Better a broken promise than none at all.

Every man has his own courage,

and is betrayed because he seeks in himself

the courage of other persons.

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results.

More seats were allocated for blacks,

but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites.

At least I had made my men realize

that something could be accomplished by speaking out,

and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

It takes courage to stand up for what’s right in the face of danger.

With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls.

Knock me down nine times,

but I get up ten.

Genius is eternal patience.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence

Always remember that you are absolutely unique.

Just like everyone else.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances

communication has profound effects.

My humanity is bound up in yours,

for we can only be human together.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet;

this is not done by jostling in the street.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,

is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.