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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Albert EinsteinTheoretical physicist, who stated the above about acquiring of knowledge, skills, habits, values and beliefs only from established knowledge and teachings, and how such knowledge restricts creativity, imagination, problem solving, and resolution.

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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

There is no out there, out there.

John Archibald WheelerTheoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States.

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I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.

Jim CarreyActor, who stated the above after having no money and no job, and then having manifested 10 million dollars for an acting role in a movie, using the law of attraction.

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True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now.

Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self-created suffering comes to an end.

Eckhart TolleA spiritual teacher who was depressed for much of his life until he underwent, at age 29, an involuntary and profound inner transformation. He went on to write two of the most influential spiritual books of our time.

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I know I’m fortunate to live an extraordinary life, and that most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But they haven’t; in fact it’s the reverse. I am successful, wealthy and connected because I am happy.

So many people get caught up in doing what they think will make them happy but, in my opinion, this is where they fail.

Kids are often asked: ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ The world expects grandiose aspirations: ‘I want to be a writer, a doctor, the prime minister.’ They’re told: go to school, go to college, get a job, get married, and then you’ll be happy. But that’s all about doing, not being – and while doing will bring you moments of joy, it won’t necessarily reward you with lasting happiness.

Richard BransonBusinessman and philanthropist, who wrote the above about happiness for a book by Mind (a U.K. mental health charity).