The images of mens wits and knowledge remain in books. They generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Beauty is important, but who you are in your heart defines you better.

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat

If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people.

It's odd how different a house feels when one is alone in it. It makes it easier to think rather private thoughts.

Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny.

If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.

Plum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces

There is no question in the fact that India has a global responsibility, and the coming "Gyan Yug" would see India play a pivotal role, using the strengths of its democracy and demographic dividend.

You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.