Self-love is an idolatry. Self-hatred is a tragedy.
In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.
Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.
What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal? Unless these thoughts are translated into the world of action, they are useless. The wrong in the world continues to exist just because people only talk of their ideals, and do not strive to put them into practice. If actions took the place of words, the world's misery would very soon be changed into comfort.
Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.
It is not a bad thing to settle for the Little Way, not the big search for the big happiness but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary. . . expectations always travel at higher speeds.
When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward.