Einstein

"Sometimes one pays most for things one gets for nothing."

"A happy man is too satisfied with the present to think too much about the future."

"Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming life is best for ' the body and mind."

"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."

"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."

"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. . . .There is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men."

"The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate."

"Many times a day I realize how much my outer and inner life is based upon the labours of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how much I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."