“I asked for strength, and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom, and God gave me problems to learn to solve. I asked for prosperity, and God gave me a brain and brawn to work. I asked for courage, and God gave me dangers to overcome. I asked for love, and God gave me people to help. I asked for favors, and God gave me opportunities. I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed.”
“Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren’t opposite—the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be..”
“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.”
“Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.”
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.”
“Having the freedom of speech does not mean saying what’s humane, hateless and non-prejudicial.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“The understanding of atomic physics is child’s play, compared with the understanding of child’s play.”
