Henry Ford

What right have you, save service to the world, to think that other men’s labor should contribute to your gains?

I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. I got the idea from a book by Orlando Smith. Until I discovered this theory I was unsettled and dissatisfied-without a compass, so to speak. When I discovered reincarnation it was as if I had found a universal plan. I realized that there was a chance to work out my ideas. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. There was time enough to plan and to create. I wouldn’t give five cents for seeing all the world, because I feel there is nothing in the five continents and on the five seas that I have not somehow seen. Somewhere is a master mind sending brain wave messages to us. There is a Great Spirit. I never did anything by my own volition. I was pushed by invisible forces within and without me. We inherit a native knowledge from a previous existence. Gospel of reincarnation is essence of all knowledge. I do not know where we come from or go to but we accumulate experience. Someday it will be possible to measure the soul. We all retain memories of past lives.

I believe that any stock that is sold should have real value as automobile or bushel of potatoes, and stock market should be run as a vegetable market.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’ And I’m going to show you

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

The less you know, the more you believe.

I don’t let go of concepts – I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.

[On leaving Brooklyn] I left the day I graduated high school.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find how far one can go.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

I don’t believe in killing whatever the reason!

I don’t think I’ve made mistakes. Every time somebody said I made a mistake, they do the polls and my numbers go up, so I guess I haven’t made any mistakes.

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

Not everything I write will be a masterpiece; I know that. It is a process selecting words to convey feelings never meant to be spoken. So maybe I’ve been searching for what’s already been said and this is the finest way I can say it. I love you, in everything I am, I love you.