Quotes on Opening Your Mind

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.