Poems List

People feel comfortable around someone who is comfortable with himself.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

I am leaving no sermon, no dogma, nor am I leaving as my legacy any commandment that is frozen in time or cast in stone,” he said shortly before his death. 'Concepts of well-being for countries, for peoples and for individuals are changing. In such a world, to argue for rules that never change would be to deny the reality found in scientific knowledge and reasoned judgment.

Let us not overstrain our abilities, or we shall do nothing with grace. A clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman.

Working with children with autism has provided me with an opportunity to see the world in a different way. I see them strive to overcome obstacles and persevere, and learn to persevere myself. They are my inspiration.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

Vipassana meditation is not just seeing the things inside. It is also seeing the seer.

I don't really do New Year's resolutions because I don't think you should have to wait until December to start working on how to change yourself. I think if you've got a problem, you need to fix it now.

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the gift itself. There is a princely manner of giving and accepting.

Just trusting the soul cannot lead you to higher consciousness. You have to pay attention for the beautification of your heart.

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.

When your mind is in pain your heart is burdened with the dark necessities of life.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

All such distinctions as tend to set the orders of the state at a distance from each other are equally subversive of liberty and concord.

Love is the strongest feeling a person can feel and to have the one you love, love you back is the greatest gift you could ever receive.

When he stood up, it was a very complicated motion. If the deck chairs on the Ship to the Sea of Night had opened up, they would have done so like that. It was like he was unfolding himself forever.

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

Men?s minds are generally ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves.

Rumi says love turns thorns into flowers. This means that hate turns flowers into thorns!