"These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."
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"There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much."
"Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities."
"Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame."
"Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you."
"...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?"
"It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die."
"My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'"
"People aren't interested in you. They're interested in themselves"
"We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life."
"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace."
"No people find each other more absurd than lovers"
"Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value."
"I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that."
"We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity."
"Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values."
"I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument."
"From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow."
"There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people."
"Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life where you are in almost continuous conflict with situations and people? Or is that just a deep-seated mental habit that can be broken? Not by doing anything, but by allowing this moment to be as it is."