Meditation Quotes

The value of a man resides in his ideas,

not in his possessions.

Memories of our lives,

of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Music is a mirror to the heart.

Work hard,

stay humble,

and focus on the process.

Science without religion is lame,

religion without science is blind.

Lock up your libraries if you like;

but there is no gate,

no lock,

no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Do I contradict myself?

Very well,

then I contradict myself,

I am large,

I contain multitudes.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Judge of your natural character

by what you do in your dreams.

When they call the roll in the Senate,

the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

It is not length of life,

but depth of life.

As we are, so we associate.

The good, by affinity,

seek the good;

the vile, by affinity, the vile.

Thus of their own volition,

souls proceed into Heaven,

into Hell.

There is more difference in the quality

of our pleasures than in the amount.

The President's post should not be politicised.

Once a president is elected,

he is above politics.

When I have fully decided that a result

is worth getting I go ahead of it and make,

trial after trial until it comes.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself.

One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

Attitude is more important than facts.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em,

'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.