Henry Ford

Politics in the true sense, have to do with the prosperity, peace and security of the people.

Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time.

The sense of injustice, more than the unjust condition itself, is what wears on men’s minds.

Much depends on people knowing what opportunity means; it doesn’t mean a silver platter, it oftener means a spade. Self-help means something sterner than ‘help yourself’–reach over and take it.

No one will ever get anywhere in this world unless he becomes a teacher, one who can show others how to do things.

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

Music brought me closer to the idea of God.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God’s will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed.

Zen mind is not Zen mind. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

I’m a bit superstitious about certain things, like what shoes to wear. If I wear the wrong shoes, the whole day may go wrong. Or if I don’t get to the bottom of the stairs before the door closes – stupid little things like that. Then I also have all the normal ones, like don’t walking under ladders and so on.