Poems List

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.

I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God.

Almost anything you do is insignificant, But it is very important that you do it.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life- long attempt to acquire it.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

The Pope! How many divisions has _he_ got ?

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

The state is the great ficticious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.

Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop you bucket where you are.

The young man who has not wept is a savage,

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Science ... warns me to be careful how I adopt a view which jumps with my preconceptions, and to require stronger evidence for such belief than for one to which I was previously hostile. My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.

I have lived some thirty years on this planet and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

When I received the Nobel Prize, the only big lump sum of money I have ever seen, I had to do something with it. The easiest way to drop this hot potato was to invest it, to buy shares. I knew that World War II was coming and I was afraid that if I had shares which rise in case of war, I would wish for war. So I asked my agent to buy shares which go down in the event of war. This he did. I lost my money and saved my soul.

When griping grief the heart doth wound,

Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.