Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Never offer unsolicited advice. The receiver might not know that you are smarter than him.

Wisdom got sound. It is called silence

The most twisted but perennial of American myths is that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. (p. 174)

Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in.

It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive, when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves flood-marks which are never reached again.

The magical, supernatural force that is with us every second is time. We can't even comprehend it. It's such an illusion, it's such a strange thing.

The more you want something to happen, the harder it becomes.

The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.

Kryptonite doesn’t bother me, either.

I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.