wisdom

"But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here."

"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."

"The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes—very rarely—impossible things just happen and we call them miracles."

"I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room."

"Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions."

"Suffering teaches joy."

"You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can."

"Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation."

"The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley."

"The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline."

"Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ..."

"My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right."

"Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better."

"A person is a person through other persons.None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family."

"Science is observing truth in the light of head. Religion is observing truth in the light of heart. Humanity is using both the lights. And education is developing that humanity."

"Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead."

"The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag."

"I wouldn’t feel great if you left me alone, but I wouldn’t feel bad either. I’d feel good, like I always do, which has nothing to do with you, even if you’ll have nothing to do with me."

"The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118)"

"When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop."