The day will soon come when I will show the world that the transmission of power and speech without the aid of any wires is possible.

There is no death of matter, for throughout the infinite universe, all has to move, to vibrate, that is, to live.
- Topic: Awareness, Life, Perception
- Location: Mono Lake
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selective you become.
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Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
The universe is wider than our views of it.
Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.
One beautiful heart is better than a thousand beautiful faces.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaring evident which everybody had decided not to see.
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other persons point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own.
It is an ecological, theological, and biological reality: The more we are in tune with eternal nature, the more we will be able to hear the still small voice within and have explosions of inspirational insight.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
