“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (1998) edited by Renuka Singh
Context: Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.
“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.”
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
“I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
Variant: I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.
“The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
“Be realistic, demand the impossible!”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
“I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Variant: Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
Variant: All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.
Source: Pensées
“To understand is to forgive.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“It is better to know something about everything then everything about something”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
“Pooh, how do you spell love?' 'You don't spell love Piglet, you feel it”
A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Variant: How do you spell love?
You don't spell it, you feel it.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
As quoted by LIFE magazine (2 May 1955)
1950s
Variant: Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
“The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.”
Pelé (1940–2022) Brazilian association football player
