He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

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.

A flower does not use words to announce its arrival to the world

The humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.

It's better to be friends with someone that is willing to be your friend than someone that doesn't.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

To maintain good health requires good nutrition and a healthy dose of exercise.

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.

My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the songs.

Boxing is not for killing each other.

The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is an ordination.

Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.