Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Big dreams only come true when you believe and have the courage to pursue them.

It wouldn't do to go mixing up the present and the past, and cutting bits out of one to fit into the other.

What is serious in laughing, worrying, grieving, mourning, concerning about anything which is temporary? Well, it is funny, actually, when you know life isn't immortal.

Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light.

My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.

E-Governance to me is easy, effective and efficient governance.

A piano store looks like a funeral parlor for music.

We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.