François-Marie Arouet (November 21st, 1694 – May 30th, 1778), also known as his pen name Voltaire, was one of the first internationally successful writers. He wrote more than 2,000 books and pamphlets and 20,000 letters, along with plays, essays, poems, and scientific expositions. He was an advocate of freedom of speech and religion.

Below are words of wisdom from Voltaire.

“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.”

“If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.”

“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.”

“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”

“So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.”

“The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.”

“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”

“Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.”

“Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.”

“Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.”

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

“It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.”

“Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.”

“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.”

“The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes.”

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”

“In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.”

“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”

“Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?”

“Beware of the words “internal security,” for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.”

“The more a man knows, the less he talks.”

“Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.”

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”

“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.”

“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”

“Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.”

“Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.”

“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”

“Dare to think for yourself.”

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

“Common sense is not so common.”

“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.”

“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.”

“We are all guilty of the good we did not do”

“It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.”

“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.”

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”

“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”

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Nelson Mandela (July 18, 1918—December 5, 2013) was an anti-apartheid revolutionary who was targeted by the South African ruling elite, charged with treason, and sent to prison. He never gave up fighting for human rights and after his release from prison, eventually became president of South Africa.

Below we list some words of wisdom from Nelson Mandela.

“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”

“One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.”

“I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.”

“Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.”

“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.”

“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favor. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.”

“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”

“When we dehumanize and demonize our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.”

“In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one’s social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education… But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one’s development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life.”

“But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one’s spirits strong even when one’s body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.”

“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.”

“One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

“It only seems impossible until it’s done.”

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

“If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.”

“It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.”

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Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and helped draft the United States Declaration of Independence. He was also the first United States postmaster general, founder of many civic organizations, and a printer, publisher, scientist, inventor, writer, and diplomat.

Below we list some words of wisdom by Benjamin Franklin.

“If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.”

“Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.”

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. When you’re down to nothing, God is up to something. The faithful see the invisible, believe the incredible and then receive the impossible. Where liberty dwells there is my country.”

“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.”

“Little minds think and talk about people. Average minds think and talk about things and actions. Great minds think and talk about ideas.”

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“Out of adversity comes opportunity.”

“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.”

“Common sense without education, is better than education without common sense.”

“The world is run by the people who show up.”

“There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.”

“Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!”

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”

“Genius is the ability to hold one’s vision steady until it becomes reality.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

“All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss.”

“Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.”

“Half the truth is often a great lie.”

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don’t get it, or don’t want to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen.”

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech; which is the right of every man as far as by it he does not hurt or control the right of another; and this is the only check it ought to suffer and the only bounds it ought to know…. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech, a thing terrible to traitors.”

“Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy.”

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Plato (429–347 BC), the Greek philosopher, is known as one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the ancient world. The academy he founded, one of the first Western schools to offer higher learning, helped shape how we structure schools and universities today. Besides philosophy, he taught mathematics, political theory, science, and it’s theorized he also taught metaphysics, considering he wrote extensively on the topic.

What is less known about Plato is that he believed in reincarnation and the soul is eternal. He also believed the lost continent of Atlantis existed thousands of years before, then disappeared in one day due to catastrophic forces.

Below we list select words of wisdom by Plato.

“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.”

“A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.”

“Everything changes and nothing remains still.”

“The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day, that physicians first separate the soul from the body.”

“Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.”

“People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren’t.”

“In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill… we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.”

“Necessity is literally the mother of invention.”

“The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.”

“Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.”

“Geometry existed before creation.”

“Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.”

“Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.”

“Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning the Universe would ever have been given if men had not seen the stars or the sun or the heavens. But as it is, the vision of day and night and of months and circling years has created the art of number and has given us not only the notion of Time but also means of research into the nature of the Universe. From these we have procured Philosophy in all its range, than which no greater boon ever has come or will come, by divine bestowal, unto the race of mortals.”

“If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.”

“We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.”

“Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.”

“Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom – all other knowledge is transient.”

“I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.”

“There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children’s lessons take the form of play.”

“Don’t force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.”

“The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.”

“The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge.”

“And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?”

“No one can escape his destiny.”

“Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.”

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Maya Angelou was an American civil rights activist and wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry. She was also an actress, director, and produced plays, movies, and public television programs over 50 years, and received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Below we list some words of wisdom from Maya Angelou.

“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!”

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.”

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That’s why it’s important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.”

“Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.”

“If you are going down a road and don’t like what’s in front of you, and look behind you and don’t like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!”

“Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.”

“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”

“If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.”

“We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate – thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.”

“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

“You don’t need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.”

“Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world.”

“I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.”

“A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“I think when we don’t know what to do it’s wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.”

“Lord keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.”

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Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī, often known as Amma (“Mother”), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader and humanitarian. Her followers call her “the hugging saint.” She said, “I don’t see if it is a man or a woman. I don’t see anyone different from my own self. A continuous stream of love flows from me to all of creation. This is my inborn nature. The duty of a doctor is to treat patients. In the same way, my duty is to console those who are suffering.”

Mata Amritanandamayi accepts the spiritual practices of all religions as different methods toward the same goal. She emphasizes the importance of meditation, selfless service, and developing patience, compassion, self-control, and forgiveness. Amma said these practices get our minds out of the way so we can perceive that we are not really our bodies or minds.

She refers to this understanding as jivanmukti (liberation while alive). She said, “Jivanmukti is not something to be attained after death, nor is it to be experienced or bestowed upon you in another world. It is a state of perfect awareness and equanimity, which can be experienced here and now in this world, while living in the body. Having come to experience the highest truth of oneness with the Self, such blessed souls do not have to be born again. They merge with the infinite.”

Below are more words of wisdom by Mata Amritanandamayi.

“Fill your hearts with love and gratitude. Life gives us what we need and not necessarily what we want. It follows its own wisdom, which is often incomprehensible to our gross minds. We should learn to accept situations in life. This attitude of acceptance is the secret to happiness.”

“Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.”

“Most people are concerned only with what they can get from the world, but it is what we are able to give to others that determines the quality of our life.”

“Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.”

“Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.”

“Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.”

“Many of us may have watched the waves at sea. They rise, then fall, then rise again, then fall again… and this cycle continues endlessly. It is the same with our experience of the world and its objects and relationships. We may find happiness, but this happiness will soon turn to sorrow. The sorrow that we feel will subsequently turn back to happiness but this oscillation continues endlessly. In order to maintain inner balance, we need to find peace within instead of depending on the external world.”

“Happiness is within everyone, but we are not able to experience it because of our ego’s likes and dislikes.”

“Instead of “I love you,” it would be better to say “I am love-I am the embodiment of Pure Love.” Remove the I and you, and you will find that there is only Love. It is as if Love is imprisoned between the I and you. Remove the I and you, for they are unreal; they are self-imposed walls that don’t exist. The gulf between I and you is the ego. When the ego is removed the distance disappears and the I and you also disappear. They merge to become one – and that is Love.”

“Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow.”

“The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.”

“Pure love removes all negative feelings. Destroying all selfishness, it expects nothing but gives anything. Pure love is a constant giving up- giving up of everything that belongs to you. What really belongs to you? Only the ego. Love consumes in its flames all preconceived ideas, prejudices and judgments, all those things which stem from the ego. Pure love is nothing but the emptying of the mind of all its fears and the tearing off of all masks. It exposes the Self as it is.”

“Don’t be discouraged by your incapacity to dispel darkness from the world. Light your little candle and step forward.”

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Nikola Tesla (7-10-1856—1-7-1943) invented the induction motor, artificial lighting, and was “… a pioneer in the discovery of radar technology, X-ray technology, remote control, and the rotating magnetic field—the basis of most AC machinery. Tesla is most well-known for his contributions in AC electricity and for the Tesla coil.” https://www.biography.com/inventor/nikola-tesla 

He was obsessed with the wireless transmission of energy and attempted to build an electrical tower-based global, wireless communication system, which would have provided free energy for everyone.

Tesla was considered eccentric, yet was clearly ahead of his time. According to this article, “… all his creations in his later years were subsequently classified as top-secret by the FBI. Titled ‘Nikola Tesla Part 03 of 3,’ the third of 3 declassified FBI reports about Tesla contains 64 pages with certain portions blotted out in black ink. But one paragraph states the following: ‘The ‘Space People’ visited the Tesla engineers many times, and informed us that Tesla was from Venus, brought to this planet as a baby, and was left with Mr. and Mrs. Tesla in a remote mountain province in 1856 in what is now Yugoslavia.’” 

The following are some of Nikola Tesla’s most famous quotes:

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”

“No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.”

“It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.”

“Within a few years a simple and inexpensive device, readily carried about, will enable one to receive on land or sea the principal news, to hear a speech, a lecture, a song or play of a musical instrument, conveyed from any other region of the globe.”

“All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed—only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.”

“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone. that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

“We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated roads and in subways. It will become next to impossible to contract disease germs or get hurt in the city, and country folk will go to town to rest and get well.”

“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.”

“Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.”

“Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called ‘the greatest evil in the world.’ The friction which results from ignorance…can be reduced only by the spread of knowledge and the unification of the heterogeneous elements of humanity. No effort could be better spent.”

“To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions.”

“My brain is only a receiver–in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”

“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.”

“The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”

“I don’t care that they stole my idea…I care that they don’t have any of their own.”

“I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.”

“Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.”

“The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.”

“That is the trouble with many inventors; they lack patience. They lack the willingness to work a thing out slowly and clearly and sharply in their mind, so that they can actually ‘feel it work.’ They want to try their first idea right off; and the result is they use up lots of money and lots of good material, only to find eventually that they are working in the wrong direction. We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin.”

“This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before – that of doing as I willed.”

“Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result of persistent trials and experiments often performed at random but always attesting extraordinary vigor and resource. Starting from a few known elements, he would make their combinations and permutations, tabulate them and run through the whole list, completing test after test with incredible rapidity until he obtained a clue. His mind was dominated by one idea, to leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility.”

“There is no subject more captivating, more worthy of study, than nature. To understand this great mechanism, to discover the forces which are active, and the laws which govern them, is the highest aim of the intellect of man.”

“Most certainly, some planets are not inhabited, but others are, and among these there must exist life under all conditions and phases of development.”

“A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.”

“I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.”

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Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643—March 31, 1727), born in England, is known as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians and scientists, ever. He developed the laws of motion and gravitation, and was instrumental in devising infinitesimal calculus. He also showed what Pythagoras reasoned: all is number, and nature (and the universe) is based on mathematics.

What is less known about him is that he was an alchemist, believed in the philosopher’s stone, and translated the Emerald Tablet, an ancient, mysterious engraving made by Hermes Trismegistus. “In the later years of his life, Isaac Newton began a wild search for the philosopher’s stone. This, as some people believed in his time, was a mystical substance that could change base metals like lead into gold and could grant anyone who drank it eternal life. To Newton, this was no superstition—this was a genuine science. For whatever reason, he fully and completely believed that the philosopher’s stone was real. He studied every paper on alchemy he could find and ran test after test in a lab of his own making, struggling to create an elixir that would give him eternal life. The key, Newton seems to have believed, was mercury. In his notes, he had a recipe written by other alchemists that called for ‘sophick mercury,’ and he seems to have created some of his own…Newton seems to have believed that there was a coded message hidden within the Emerald Tablet that would let him control the prima materia and turn any element into any other, and he wrote a whole series of notes trying to unpack its secrets.” 

Below we list select words of wisdom by Isaac Newton.

“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.”

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.”

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”

“Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.”

“I know not how I seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with while the vast ocean of undiscovered truth lay before me.”

“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

“No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.”

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”

“In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.”

“All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.”

“My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.”

“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.”

“He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.”

“To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.”

“If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.”

“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.”

“God created everything by number, weight and measure.”

“A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.”

“When two forces unite, their efficiency double.”

“What goes up must come down.”

“Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.”

“Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.”

Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.”

“If two angels were sent down from heaven -one to conduct an empire and the other to sweep the streets -they would feel no inclination to change employment because an angel would know that no matter what we are doing, it’s an opportunity to bring joy, deepen our understanding and expand our life.”

“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.”

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Dalai Lama is a title of the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The current and 14th Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, who lives in India as a refugee. Below are some words of wisdom by Dalai Lama​.  

“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”  

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”  

“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”  

“Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”  

“Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”  

“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”  

“The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.”  

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”  

“When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.”  

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”  

“Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically, emotionally, and mentally, we are all equal. We all share basic needs for food, shelter, safety, and love. We all aspire to happiness and we all shun suffering. Each of us has hopes, worries, fears, and dreams. Each of us wants the best for our family and loved ones. We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek. On this fundamental level, religion, ethnicity, culture, and language make no difference.”  

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”  

“I don’t know whether the universe, with its countless galaxies, stars and planets, has a deeper meaning or not, but at the very least, it is clear that we humans who live on this earth face the task of making a happy life for ourselves. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.”  

“When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.” 

“Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self. – Respect for others. – Responsibility for all your actions.”  

“We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. This, then, is my true religion, my simple faith. In this sense, there is no need for temple or church, for mosque or synagogue, no need for complicated philosophy, doctrine, or dogma. Our own heart, our own mind, is the temple. The doctrine is compassion. Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are: ultimately these are all we need.”  

“If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.”  

“Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.”  

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”  

“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”  

“If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation”  

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