Pary Quotes

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions

but to destroy the capacity to form any.

Faith is to believe what you do not see;

the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Life is too short to take everything seriously.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

All that we are is the result of what

we have thought.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

To my mind the old masters are not art;

their value is in their scarcity.

We are the United States of America.

There’s not a single thing we cannot do if we do it together.

I have been refused entrance on the buses because

I would not pay my fare at the front

and go around to the rear door to enter.

That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point

where the white passengers would start occupying.

Friendship multiplies

the good of life and

divides the evil.

Dream and strive,

for nothing great is achieved without vision and effort.

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

Man needs

His difficulties

Because they are

Necessary to

Enjoy success

A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

Life will give you whatever experience is

most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

America was not built on fear.

America was built on courage,

on imagination,

and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

When we are no longer able to change a situation,

we are challenged to change ourselves.

Facts are stubborn,

but statistics are more pliable.

Anything that won't sell,

I don't want to invent.

Its sale is proof of utility,

and utility is success.