In jealousy there is more of self-love than love

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

Music is the highest form of philosophy of the conscious mind.

Leave the past behind. Give privacy your future . Body and mind in yours now. Perceive the world around you, feel the world inside.

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

You stand for what is right, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

I am a firm believer that you don't do anything significant by yourself. Again, maybe there are exceptions. There's the Picasso or the Mozart.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system

My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter.

The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. When a woman smiles the dress must smile with her.

Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.

Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?