The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

As we risk ourselves, we grow. Each new experience is a risk.

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. The plant develops its own nature. It also teaches itself, but you can help it to go forward in its own way. What you can do is to sow an aspiration-seed.

I have to be alone very often. That's how I refuel.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system, through which God speaks to us.

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.