Economic theorists should not make such a production about taking a rabbit out of a hat after having put the rabbit into the hat in full view of the audience.

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

The only thing worse than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism.

Ideology is like breath: you never smell your own.

The first essential for economists ... is to ... combat, not foster, the ideology which pretends that values which can be measured in terms of money are the only ones that ought to count.

The point of studying economics is so as not to be fooled by economists.

Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

The nature of technology depends very much upon what the public can be induced to put up with.

Unequal distribution of income is an excessively uneconomic method of getting the necessary saving done.

science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.

economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans.

Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.

Strive to follow your big dreams. If you fail, cherish the valuable experience gained during the process. There’s always a second time.

Forever and an InstantForever and an instant met up one day, had a short but lovely talk, then each went on its way.

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

Every real object must cease to be what it seemed, and none could ever be what the whole soul desired.

The practice of Sufism is the intention to move toward truth by means of love and devotion.

The thought of today cannot be expressed in the language of yesterday.

At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.