How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we're just so small.

The soul is the weariest part of the body.

Some people grow older and more cynical. Some people become just the opposite. Life hurts without hope, and cynicism, once a luxury, becomes unaffordable.

Seek ye not riches, seek but the society of good men.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live.

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.

One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.

Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time.

Old Year! upon the Stage of Time You stand to bow your last adieu; A moment, and the prompter's chime Will ring the curtain down on you.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.