The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

Laughter is inner jogging.

All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.

Second, only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope

An adequate share of humour and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of a healthy person.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life.

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.