Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.

I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!

Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane

Love knows no difference between life and death The one who gives you a reason to live is also the one who takes your breath away

Love cannot be seeded into someone. It is a fire that is difficult to kindle but once it takes on, it is equally difficult to extinguish.

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river.

When nothing was, then God was there, Had nothing been God would have been; My being has defeated me, Had I not been, what would have been.

The object of my worship lies beyond perceptions reach. For those who see, the Ka'ba is a compass, nothing more.

The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist.

The drop grows happy by losing itself in the river.

For how tiny the world, This ant's egg-and the sky!

This is not a lie: Memory has the taste and texture of cooked meat. Eat it and live. Remember, but only what it is licit to remember.In Aerograd, the word for meat and memory are the same.

-Attempting the impossibility with a possibility God breaks the impossibility barriers.-Joseph went from kidnap experience to pit, to slavery, to prison then to PRIME MINISTER

We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.

The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.

Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action

True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

Some people go to college. For me I studied music my whole life. That was my college.

I thought I wanted the truth, but I don't. The past is the past and it can't be changed. It's the future I'm interested in." -Gabriel McGregor