The only thing that happens when I'm teaching is that I hope there are some students out there in the class who will ask questions.
Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.
Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service
Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.
From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone.
It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.
You want to do things you’re passionate about but also are useful to other people.
There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.
Purchase items that can be made into several meals, like a whole roasted chicken, or bag of sweet potatoes, and shop the periphery of the grocery store, avoiding the middle aisles full of processed and higher-priced foods.