Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.
My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it.
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes
I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.
The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.
Everybody starts with a clean slate only altered by unnecessary hate.
I am singing now while Rome burns.
What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power over us.
Some days, a killing spree seems like a good idea.