Category: quotes

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you’re not allowed to criticize. – Voltaire

“Your concern should be with action,never with an action’s fruits;these should never motivate you,nor attachment to inaction. ‘Established in this practice, actwithout attachment, Arjuna,unmoved by failure or success!Equanimity is yoga. ‘Action is far inferiorto the practice of higher mind;seek refuge there, for pitifulare those moved by fruit of action! ‘One…

“People are delighted to accept pensions and gratituities, for which the hire out their labor or their support or their services. But nobody works out the value of time: men use it lavishly as if it cost nothing.” Seneca

“The future in science does not lie in increased specialization, but rather in the combining and cross-fertilization of knowledge in various fields. An artist must be on top of this and be capable of creating new forms, always remaining ahead of the curve. This often requires having more than just…

“In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself: “Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be…

“What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.” – Abraham Maslow

“The inferior man’s reasons for hating knowledge are not hard to discern. He hates it because it is complex—because it puts an unbearable burden on his meager capacity for taking in ideas. Thus his search is always for short cuts. All superstitions are such short cuts. Their aim is to…

At times, when we interact with others and speak with others, we use them as conduits for our own thinking. We test our own ideas before airing them to a wider public. “I hate labels, because it should be just music. Call it disco, call it anything, it’s music to…