Quotes on Deep Thought

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way.

Real value isn’t in what you own, drive, wear or live. The greater value is found in love and life, health and strength, friends and family!

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act - and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that's a lot better than those short lives full of boredom. The principal loss is security. Another is respect from the community. But you gain the respect of another community, the one that is worth having the respect of.

Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.

Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

Not all thinking and all emotion are of the ego. They turn into ego only when you identify with them and they take you over completely, that is to say, when they become "I".

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

You can’t have meaningful political democracy without functioning economic democracy.

I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.