Familiarity with books is not knowledge. One’s entire life is a continuous process of learning.
All anger is about something which has already happened. Is it of any use getting angry about something which you cannot alter?
These are times when anger, fear and hatred are giving rise to devastating problems throughout the world. But I believe we have a valuable opportunity to make progress in dealing with them, through collaboration between religion and science.
Like the waves in great rivers, there is no turning back of that which has previously been done…The soul is bound with the fetters made of the fruit of good and evil.
When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it! You grab it and honour it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.
No one has yet fully realised the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
