Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.

There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

Man is a social animal.