“TODAY, PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEMPLATION IS NEEDED EVERYWHERE, IN EVERY INDUSTRY AND IN EVERY ORGANIZATION”

“Fear is to begin with the end in mind. There is no end. Life is eternal. Live life knowing that the end was your past, and the future is only full of beautiful beginnings through an eternity built around God’s love.”

“Not all dreamers are winners, but all winners are dreamers. Your dream is the key to your future. The Bible says that, “without a vision (dream), a people perish.” You need a dream, if you’re going to succeed in anything you do.”

“Dream if you want your future to come to life.”

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

“Dreams Vs NightmaresOur dreams are a reflection of what we can see in our future.Our nightmares are a reflection of our fears about our life as it stands now, and how we assume our future will turn out.”

“Kein Philosoph würde ein dickes Buch schreiben, wenn er im Vornherein wüsste, auf welche Weise er später zitiert werden wird.”

“Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor.”

“Many little people, in little places, doing little things, can change the world.”

“We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one.”

“[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake, because through that, and through contemplation in equal measure, our soul is purified and brought closer to the divine. … Thought and deed conjoined are crucial. … The attempt must be made; the outcome is irrelevant. Right action is a pale material reflection of the divine, but reflection it is, nonetheless. Define your goal and exert reason to accomplish it by virtuous action; successs or failure is secondary.”

“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.”

“They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think the same could be said for time.”

“Don’t dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!”

“The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.”