Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

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.

Does anybody know which are the thoughts of God, even if they are plants, mountains, sky, stars or whatever else?

I have a dream, there will be critical point in the future, where economics and technology will negate each other.

Another deserted sentence. Another side effect of death. Words go AWOL.

One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved.

How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ?

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.

Pain can be a beautiful thing.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.

I was a surfer so I hung out with people who were surfers and made fun of people who weren't surfers and I listened to surf music and made fun of people who didn't listen to surfer music.