Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living read more

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was read more

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by read more

Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committee
for an animal adapted to communities without water..
it was a divine consensus.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without read more

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

desires are dreams,if they are not transformed into deeds..

desires are dreams,if they are not transformed into deeds..

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.