In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
ConfuciusThe saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Isaac AsimovThe world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert EinsteinEveryone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Paulo CoelhoOne of many ways to be useful is to inspire people to forget some rules imposed by society. Important rules are dictated by our hearts.
Paulo CoelhoIt is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
Benjamin FranklinThey say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!
Dr. SeussEverybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Mother TeresaThe paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious ,one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
James Arthur Baldwin