Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. – Ambrose Bierce
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz
A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship. – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter…. – Mark Twain
Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. – Bertrand Russell
The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life. – Leo Tolstoy
When you make the U-turn to the Universal Presence and apply the Universal practices and principles, your life is changed. – Michael Bernard Beckwith
All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats…. – Voltaire
If you can consciously let yourself get taken and see where you go, that’s an exercise. That’s discipline. To follow the scent. Let yourself go and see what happens, that takes a bit of courage. – Bill Murray
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. – Woody Allen
I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. – Elon Musk
My purpose is to teach and demonstrate what is possible. To demonstrate love of God and good. Remember what my role is as a woman: to be… good. My role as a mother: to teach, support and nurture my offspring. My role as a grandmother: to remind everybody – right where you are, God is. – Iyanla Vanzant
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything–the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself. – Bill Murray
People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. – Apple Computers
If justice is removed… the great, the immense fabric of human society…must in a moment crumble into atoms. – Adam Smith
We have an unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. – Daniel Kahneman
Our life is what our thoughts make it. – Marcus Aurelius
Byron says that it is easier to die for the woman one loves that to live with her. – Andre Maurois
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. – Vince Lombardi