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“Open your mind to the world and the many different ways that can be found in it, before making hasty judgments of others. After all, the very same thing that you judge from where you are— may very well be something totally different in meaning on the other side of the world. The problem with making hasty judgments is that it will emphasize your ignorance at the end of the day.”

“History is the same thing over and over again.”

“You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the whole society, and this means everybody in society including everyone. I am not talking about the state or average or common people. I am talking about everybody; because when you close your mind as an official you cannot upgrade and vice versa.”

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

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”

“Curiosity has its own reason for existence.”

“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.”

“It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.”

“Becoming a strategic thinker is about opening your mind to possibilities. It’s about seeing the bigger picture. It’s about understanding the various parts of your business, taking them apart, and then putting them back together again in a more powerful way. It’s about insight, invention, emotion and imagination focused on reshaping some part of the world.”

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

“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.”

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

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.”

“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

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

“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

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

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”

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

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

“My 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.”