When a man sleeps he is shut up within the narrow activities of his physical life. He lives, but he knows not the varied relations of his life to his surroundings, - therefore he knows not himself.

Man's poverty is abysmal, his wants are endless till he becomes truly conscious of his soul. Till then, the world to him is in a state of flux - a phantasm that is and is not.

Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.

Our deeds determine us as much as we determine our deeds.

I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.

A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it's all about working hard and hoping that continues.

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.