Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2006-12-19 Dec 19, 2006A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.~ Albert EinsteinMy religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.~ Albert EinsteinThe most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.~ Albert Einstein Dec 18, 2006Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.~ BuddhaVirtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.~ BuddhaWords have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.~ Buddha Dec 15, 2006It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion.~ Joseph Paul GoebbelsThe restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.~ Albert EinsteinThe American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.~ Spiro Agnew Dec 14, 2006Characteristically, however, the overthrow of the dictator simply means that there will be another dictator. ... the policies they follow will probably not be radically different. If we look around the world, we quickly realize that these policies will not be radically different from those that would be followed by a democracy either.~ Gordon TullockI am what I have always been: the last Renaissance man, if I may be allowed to say so.~ Hermann GoeringThe Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Dec 13, 2006Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.~ Walter GoodmanO, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!~ Sir Walter ScottNo people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.~ Theodore Roosevelt Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print