💬 Quotes

"The misfortune of contemporary men is that they do not know how to be silent, and above all, how to think for themselves."

"The essence of human morality is based on self-calming and on the satisfaction of one's egoistic desires, which are veiled by the mask of altruism."

"Only he can be called a real man who has acquired his own 'I,' who has his own consciousness and his own individuality."

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

"He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak, him surely Mara will overthrow, as the wind throws down a weak tree."

"An untutored man grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his wisdom does not grow."

"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

"You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way."

"The tax-exempt status is a public trust, and organizations must continually balance their programmatic pursuits with strict adherence to federal tax laws to maintain that privilege."

"Unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) rules are designed to ensure that tax-exempt entities do not gain an unfair competitive advantage over taxpaying commercial businesses."

"Board members have a fiduciary responsibility to oversee the organization's financial integrity, ensuring that charitable assets are not squandered or diverted for private inurement."

"Private foundations face unique regulatory hurdles, including mandatory payout requirements and excise taxes on investment income, which demand meticulous long-term planning."

"Accurate completion of Form 990 is not merely an administrative chore; it is a primary public disclosure document that scrutinizers, donors, and the IRS use to evaluate exempt compliance."

"Lobbying limits must be closely monitored under Section 501(h) elections to ensure that advocacy efforts do not inadvertently jeopardize the organization's tax-exempt standing."

"Economic results exist only on the outside, in the customer's pocketbook and in the customer's mind. Inside an enterprise there are only costs."

"Economic progress is not achieved by replacing the decaying old with the new. It is achieved by making the old obsolete through the new."

"Business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation."

"Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. Problem solving only restores normality."

"What needs to be done is usually clear enough. But the conversion of understanding into action—that is, into the operational assignment of people and resources—is always painful."