As a species, wise, harmonious progress is our mission.

I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.

Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.

The black, the white, the brown, the red, the yellow, the hetero, the homo, the trans, the poor, the rich, the literate, the illiterate, the weak, the strong – all are my sisters and brothers. My life is their life. And till the last breath in my body, I shall be serving you all with all the power in my veins. And beyond death, my ideas shall be serving you for eternity.

Give me your soul and I will give you a unified humanity.

If you want to know a person’s true character, observe how he treats those who don’t matter.

The uglier the storm the lovelier the rainbow.

What you conquer in your soul you conquer in your world.

Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.

Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.

Anger has great strength, but no brains. Greed has a great appetite, but no heart.Pride has a great spirit, but no soul.

The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.

When you look into the mirror, you can’t even see your heart; but when God looks at your shadow, He sees your soul.

If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.

A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.

Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm.

It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.

You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant.

Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.

Rain is just God weeping for Earth’s troubles.

When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.

Light another’s path and the universe will light your own.

Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.

If your thoughts are higher than your problems, you can fly above them.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

To strengthen the body’s muscles, exercise; the mind’s muscles, read; the heart’s muscle’s, laugh; and the soul’s muscles, love.

If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own.

The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.

Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.

If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.

The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.

Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.

You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.

Joy gives you strength.Hope gives you fortitude.Faith gives you courage.Love gives you power.

You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.

Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.

The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.

In the body is tremendous strength, in the mind is brilliant potential, in the heart is extraordinary influence, and in the soul is remarkable power.

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

Wealth won’t make you happy. Power won’t make you remarkable. Fame won’t make you honorable. Education won’t make you wise.

Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.

In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

To encourage people, walk beside them. To inspire people, walk in front of them. To drive people, walk behind them. To lead people, walk with them.

The poor can dream. The weak can hope. The helpless can strive. The powerless can rise.

A single star shines brighter than a thousand moons.

A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine.

It is in vain to hide a fruitful seed in fertile soil.

Learn more. Love more. Laugh more. Live more.

The best way to avoid a catastrophic conflict of beliefs is to be more compassionate about other people’s beliefs as long as they do not advocate for prejudices, bigotry and sectarianism.

A religious individual may most gloriously carry out his or her own rituals, as a part of his or her cultural identity, but the moment, that person starts to build a wall of separation between the self and the rest of humanity, coaxed by the textual commands of a scripture, the healthy religiousness turns into dangerous fundamentalism, which is a threat to both the self and the society.

A being with no faith in the human self is a being with no spirit of life, regardless of how many Fathers or Holy Spirits or Sons it believes in.

Become loving and become courageous. Become the inspiration which you seek outside. Bring the metaphorical heart of your limbic system in sync with the analytical powerhouse of the prefrontal cortex. From your mind shall rise the inspiration. From your mind shall rise the love. From your mind shall rise the greatest education of all.

Liberty is my religion and Humans are my God.

They say, love God, for it is the greatest virtue. I say, love humans, for there is no greater virtue, no greater religion, than the love of humanity.

The only measure of judging a human being is through that person’s character, because character is not determined by race, religion, gender or social status. And one who recognizes this simple fact of human life behaves the same with the scientist, the janitor and the sex-worker.

Conscience is not white, black or brown. Conscience is human. It is beyond race – it is beyond religion – it is beyond all sectarianism.

A flower’s beauty is birthed in a seed’s ugly struggles.

No God, Religion, Race or Nation is higher than the humans.

Indoctrination is dangerous.

If poverty defines greatness, then become the poorest person on earth, in terms of weakness and bigotry. And if wealth defines glory, then become the wealthiest person on earth, in terms of courage, confidence and reasoning.

Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people.

There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause. And it is all because people never attempt to reach the fountain-head. They are content only to comply with the customs of their forefathers, and want others to do the same.

Courage is a warrior, wisdom is a sage, virtue is a priest, and love is poet.

Truth is my weapon. Knowledge is my armor. Wisdom is my strategist. Love is my warrior.

Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.

The world’s most beautiful angel is love inside your soul.

Divorce fear. Court courage. Pursue hope. Marry love.

Love in fools is better than hate in the wise.

To change your life, love yourself. To change your community, love others. To change the world, love everyone.

Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.

If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion.

Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.

Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.

One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is prosperous.

Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you.

Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul can be felt by all.

Help when you can. Give what you have. Do what you must. Be who you ought to be.

God is not Christian.God is not Muslim.God is not Buddhist.God is love.

Knowledge, teach. Wisdom, acquire. Understanding, share. Love, spread.

Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony.

Love is loud; the soul hears it, even if the universe is deaf.

Love is black. Love is white. Love is brown. Love is humanity.

See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does.

To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.

Truth is straight like a line. Virtue is firm like a wall. Wisdom is tall like a mountain. Love is wide like an ocean.

A heart full of love is worth more than a purse full of coins.

The blind can see love, the deaf can hear love, the mute can express love, and the disabled can carry love.

Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward.

Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.

If you have no one, you are poor; if you have an acquaintance, you are fortunate; if you have a friend, you are privileged; if you have a lover, you are rich; if you have a soulmate, you are wealthy.

If you want to be strong, exercise; if you want to be wise, study; if you want to be happy, smile; and if you want to be invincible, love.

Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.

A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.

Love has two rules: the first one is love, and the second one is love some more.

It is impossible for love to enter your heart without leaving footprints on your soul.

Jealousy says, “Compete with each other.” Envy says, “Destroy each other.” Empathy says, “Help each other.” Love says, “Empower each other.

Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.

Give of yourself to others and others will give of themselves to you.

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love.

To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.

When you love, you forgive; when you forgive, you love.

Wisdom paints a rainbow in your mind, joy paints a rainbow in your heart, and love paints a rainbow in your soul.

Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.

The clearest mirror in the universe is not made of glass, but of a loving soul.

Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

Plucking a rose only proves you desire it, but nurturing it proves you love it.

You spend the beginning part of your life with your mother, so love her; the middle part of your life with your girlfriend, so care for her; and the end part of your life with your wife, so adore her.

Learn from the sun; it is warm to everyone, and is therefore never in short supply of those who adore it.

The greatest profit you make in business is not money, but happiness. The greatest riches you give in life are not possessions, but love. The greatest treasures you acquire in life are not jewels, but joy.

If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.

Love makes you strong when others are weak, brave when others are scared, hopeful when others are despairing and cheerful when others are sad.

I searched for love, and only found God; I searched for God, and only found love.

Beauty catches your eye, joy seizes your heart, and love captures your soul.

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

Love has the mind of a sage, the heart of a saint, and the soul of an angel.

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.

The most valuable things in your life are always the things that money cannot buy.

Hate is strong, fear is mighty, jealousy is powerful, but love is invincible.

Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.

As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.

If you want to be happy, love. If you want to be happier, love some more.

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.

The first professor you meet in life is your mother; the second is hardship, and the last is death.

When the nest becomes too small a bird is ready to spread its wings and fly.

In calm waters you still find sharks.

Talk less. Do more. Fear less. Achieve more.

Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.

Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.

Leave beauty marks in the lives of those you meet, not scars.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God.

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

If death blew a trumpet each time he was coming, there would be no one to greet him on arrival.

Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.

Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe.

Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel.

If you want to lead a pleasant life, be good to yourself; if you want to lead a happy life, be good to others; and if you want to lead an exceptional life, be good to everyone.

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

Let them judge you, but remain virtuous.Let them criticize you, but remain wise.Let them misunderstand you, but remain kind. Let them hate you, but remain exceptional.

The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

A flower does not bloom for itself, but for the world; do likewise.

Your feet may be small, but travel much. Your hands may be little, but conquer much. Your eyes may be tiny, but perceive much. Your ears may be modest, but heed much.

The wise are like a river; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.

When bitter, say little; when angry, say nothing; when happy, say much; when joyful, say all.

If you look to money for happiness, you will be disappointed; to power, you will be disillusioned; to honor, you will be dissatisfied; to others, you will be disenchanted; but if you look to God, you will be fulfilled.

A rose would be miserable if it was forced to be a daisy, no matter how much water it was fed.

You cannot fast-forward time, you cannot rewind it, and you cannot pause it; you can only waste or benefit from it.

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

Two minds are smarter than one.Two hands are stronger than one.Two hearts are mightier than one.Two souls are greater than one.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

Enough pain will keep you humble.Enough grief will keep you compassionate.Enough trouble will keep you strong.Enough hardship will keep you grateful.

The soul is a great magician; transforming thoughts into reality, desires into actions, and life into experiences.

Life is temporal.Time is fleeting.God is permanent.Eternity is enduring.

If the world gives you a thousand reasons to cry, find a thousand and one reasons to smile.

A bird that sings too much will only lose its voice, but a bird that does not sing at all will lose its symphonies.

The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow.

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.

You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome.

Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.

Do not curse the well that quenches your thirst.

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

It is better to be a marble in a hut than a brick in a palace.

You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions.

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

A wolf raised in a jungle is fiercer than a lion reared in a circus.

Don’t judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.

Beautiful beginnings are often born from ugly endings.

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

Dream like a child. Reason like an elder. Play like a youth. Work like an adult.

If you think too much, you will worry too much; if you worry too much, you will fear too much; if you fear too much, you will dread too much; and if you dread too much, you will suffer too much.

Practicing what you preach is the world’s most eloquent sermon.

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.

Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.

A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.

You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.

If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty.

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.

Learn more than others. Work more than others. Succeed more than others. Give more than others.