Every one is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.

There is no education like adversity.

A student is not a container you have to fill, but a torch you have to light up.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.

Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man’s task.

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.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, “Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.”

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.