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Patriotism

"Patriotism is standing up for your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."


— Mark Twain


Public vs. Private

"Scientific knowledge is public; spiritual search is individual. A discovery by Einstein can benefit even those who do not understand e=mc2. But the Noble Truths of the Buddha need to be realized - to be made real - by an individual by more and more direct perception."


— Ravi Ravindra


Turning Point

"It is no exaggeration to say that the future course of history depends on the decision of this generation as to the relations between religion and science."


— Alfred North Whitehead


Forgoing Sense & Reason

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."


— Galileo


Seven Blunders

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle."


— Mahatma Gandhi


Precious Day

Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.


— The 14th Dalai Lama


Despair

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.


— Mahatma Gandhi


True Life

Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.


— Henry David Thoreau


Parents And Teachers

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.


— Aristotle


Leading Education

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.


— Lord Brougham


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