A person who does not read good books has no advantages whatsoever over a person who “cannot” read.

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- Mark Twain

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

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- Robert Anson Heinlein

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

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- Robert Anson Heinlein

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

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- Robert Anson Heinlein

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

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- Robert Anson Heinlein

Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.

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- Robert Anson Heinlein

Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.

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- Desmond Tutu

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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- Buddha

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

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- Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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- Buddha

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

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- Buddha

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

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- Buddha

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

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- Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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- Buddha

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.

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- Richard Buckminster Fuller

Noise proves nothing – often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

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- Mark Twain

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

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- Albert Einstein

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

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- Albert Einstein

I think and think for months and years, ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

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- Albert Einstein

The pioneers of a warless world are the youth who refuse military service.

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- Albert Einstein

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

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- Albert Einstein

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

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- Albert Einstein

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

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- Albert Einstein

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

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- Albert Einstein

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