In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.

Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature

I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.

That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don't notice that the time passes.

Knowledge exists in two forms - lifeless, stored in books, and alive, in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the essential one; the first, indispensable as it may be, occupies only an inferior position.

Formal symbolic representation of qualitative entities is doomed to its rightful place of minor significance in a world where flowers and beautiful women abound.

You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it