Meaning of Life Perspectives in United States

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education."

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

"There are no large and small lives, only lives. And every life is a universe."

"Let me tell you something that we Jews have learned over the years. Our strength is in our unity."

"To be alive is power, existence in itself is power."

"My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better."

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. He does not merely follow the will of the people; he shapes it."

"Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass."

"The past is not dead, it is not even past. It's living in all of us, every moment."

"We don't want to conquer anyone. We just want to live."

"Doubt is the strongest cement of unity."

"A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

"Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it."

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."

"The greatest wisdom is to know how little we truly know."

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

"Every artist was first an amateur."

"We never know how high we are till we are called to rise."

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

"Love is not an answer, it is a question. And it requires a constant answer."

"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never afford."

"Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel."

"The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"

"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving other innovations."

"To be a writer is to be a detective, always digging, always searching for the truth."

"I must be like a man. I cannot cry. I cannot make a mistake."

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice."

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."

"Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye -"

"Memory is the ultimate storyteller, and it's notoriously unreliable."

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life."

"We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life."

"He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's the new definition of greatness."

"Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –"

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

"A story should be like a good meal: satisfying, but never too heavy."

"The only thing that really matters is having a good set of values."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

"A Word dropped careless on a Page May discourage a whole Age -"

"Understanding other people's pain is the true measure of humanity."

"Old age is like a tiny plane that flies in a storm; it carries many burdens."

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

"Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate."

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."