A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.

A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted the ocean is not made muddy by the falling in of its banks.

One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.

All fortune belongs to him who has a contented mind.

By associating with good and evil persons a man acquires the virtues and vices which they possess even as the wind blowing over different places takes along good and bad odors.

If a man be self-controlled truthful wise and resolute is there aught that can stay out of reach of such a man?

This society eliminates geographical distance only to produce a new internal separation.

One of the characteristic problems of our time is how to close this gap between capabilities and foresight.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.

To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion of their poetic value than we.

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.

Don't underestimate how fine you are.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.

We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.