In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are.
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.