A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

In 2005, my mad half, HER was born... ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness, 2012.

Everything's temporary...until it's not.

Universe is the smallest clock.

I'm getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can't stop lifting it, and I love that you know.

If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant ways to take its revenge.

Look into the mirror of the world, and you will see only yourself.

Love was more than blind. It was deaf and dumb, too. It was catatonic. It was vegetative.

...my basic belief about the making of stories is that they pretty much make themselves.

All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe.

While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.