I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.

I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.

Work at being a humble person.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago.

Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.

A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then.

Three of my children are medical doctors, they know at least a hundred times as much about your body as my grandfather knew, but they don't know much more about soul than he did.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know we may be more eager to search.

If you are not egotistical you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

Its self centered to think that human beings as limited as we are can describe divinity.

Happiness comes from spiritual wealth not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy we must give it and to keep joy we must scatter it.

Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about.

The four most dangerous words in investing are 'This time it's different'.

The four most dangerous words in investing are: this time it's different.

If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.

Never forget: the secret of creating riches for oneself is to create them for others.

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.

The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.

While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

These are people who haven't gone through the legal means to becoming citizens like our forefathers did. They want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities.

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them.

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing.

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

Since 1935, this has been a pay-as-you-go system, and I always believed when I first started talking about Social Security that there was a little box that had my name on it and it had my benefits for when I retired. That is not true.

There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.

What we can do is to explain as clearly as possible what the benefits would be of him going down one path, and what the potential consequences would be if he chooses another path.

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.