Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

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.

The only pushup you won't be able to do is the one you never do.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride takes her glory from man.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

It does make sense to put on some songs that are relatively short, because radio usually only plays songs that are less than 4 or 5 minutes.

He thought, or said, or sang, I did not know that I was so empty, to be so full.

Intellectual liberty [is] the right to think right and the right to think wrong. Thought is the means by which we endeavor to arrive at truth.

The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

What's really good about the word 'art' is that 'art' is a word like 'love,' or 'god,' or whatever. It transcends so many things.

Language is an old-growth forest of the mind.