“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“The understanding of atomic physics is child’s play, compared with the understanding of child’s play.”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are just rearranging their prejudices.”
“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”
“Be careful of your thoughts, For your thoughts become your words; Be careful of your words, For your words become your deeds; Be careful of your deeds, For your deeds become your habits; Be careful of your habits, For your habits become your character; Be careful of your character, For your character becomes your destiny.”
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.”
“This capacity to shape a vision of what can be achieved, and to share the vision with others so that it becomes their own, is one of the most important elements of leadership.”
“There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.”
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
