Deep Quotes

“Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.”

“Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!”

“When my title was taken away boxing died.”

“Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.”

“I have tried lately to read shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.”

“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”

“Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.”

“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”

“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.”

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”

“I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.”

“Lovely days don't come to you, you should walk to them.”

“You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.”

“The lamps are different, but the Light is the same. One matter, one energy, one Light, one Light-mind, endlessly emanating all things.”

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”

“There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.”