Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Your worst dungeon might be the room with the most windows.

It all came apart once you started caring for something outside yourself.

Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

... maybe that's all anyone who writes or paints or sculpts is doing anyway -- excusing themselves for refusing to live like other people or be like them.

The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.

Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred of evidence.

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.

I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting.