India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.

I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.

A man of the utmost insignificance.

Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.

Gentlemen never wear brown in London.

The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.

The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.

The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.

I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.

Since my feet are now fast and point away from the past, I'll bid farewell and be down the line.

Everybody knows I'm impatient. I don't have to apologize for it. I'm too old for that.

The worst pain in the world is shame.

...nobody can stand truth if it is told to him. Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself because then, the pride of discovery makes the truth palatable.

The woman let out an expansive laugh that resounded through the house like a spray of broken glass.

The spiritual experience isn’t one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered.

The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing.

And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.