Man is, and was always, a block-head and dullard; much readier to feel and digest, than to think and consider.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

love being such, or such, the normal corners of your heartwill never guess how muchmy wonderful jealousy is dark

Yes, be different, but not for the vanities of being different.

In life, we have no control over the storms that we encounter. It’s normal to feel devastated and sad, but to continue being sad is already our choice.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

When even despair ceases to serve any creative purpose, then surely we are justified in suicide.

What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind.

If only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place.

The foundation of service and your real training lie in spinning khaddar.

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.