The desire to impress others is one of the worst forms of mental imprisonment.
In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
I wonder if, as you get older, you stop missing people so fiercely. Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.
To talk about realizing the Self is discontinuous because there is nothing to realize but the Self. There is nothing but realization.
Whatever my job description consists of, becomes my job. Maybe it's just the way I tackle work, in general.
The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.