Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Have you ever noticed how βWhat the hellβ is always the right decision to make?
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.
May you live every day of your life.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.