[I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

For the first time in the history of the world, Buddhism proclaimed a salvation which each individual could gain from him or herself, in this world, during this life, without any least reference to God, or to gods either great or small.

Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that things aren't worse and of praising and thereby lifting the spirits of others.

The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.

To be a fool at the right time is also an art.