Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

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.

Orchestras seem content to be museums now, even as they wring their hands about dropping subscription sales and graying listeners.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

I don't think people should try to force their will on their family.

The fact that I've managed to find a husband who understands and respects everything I do is astonishing.

I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.

I see all of them. All the colors.

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless.

The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.

Drop that zero and get with the hero!