Association with women is the basis of good manners.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Dear Lover, Your laughter is warm rain, and you are the rainbow.

Say it with flowers.

I am inside someone who hates me. I look out from his eyes. Smell what fouled tunes come in to his breath. Love his wretched women.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work - and about half the students got really pissed off.

When I go home to Santa Cruz, I'm the same girl as when I grew up.

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.

The thing to do is to keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.