You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.  

 It is my nature to be a friend of the friendless.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Life should be great rather than long.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Dictators are the most insecure people on earth.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today. 

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.