A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.

Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.

Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.

There is no medicine to cure a fool!

Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.

Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.

Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail.

Kindness can turn the bad man's heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!

I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it.

For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a strategem.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes commercial, it becomes the enemy of man.

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

The Republic of Technology where we will be living is a feedback world.

Be so preoccupied with good will that you haven't room for ill will.

Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out.

Even if masses of people were to burn khadi publicly and say that it is an insane programme, I will declare that those people have gone mad.