He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.

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.

Laughing in the cultural industry is mockery of happiness.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.

Remember, you are only committed to what you confess.

As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.

I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.

Prayer is addressed to the personal God, not because he is personal indeed, I know for certain that he is not personal, because personality is limitation, while God is unlimited.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.