The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. read more

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for read more

If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was read more

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got
through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt
to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.