The moral of human life is never simple, and the moral of a story which aims only at being true to human life cannot be expected to be any more so.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Never trust the one who praise you frankly

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

Words will build no walls.

Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see whether India need blush at the comparison.

I think what children can handle and what they're interested in is much deeper than people assume. It's why sometimes we make things too simple for them.

I guess I've always lived the glamorous life of a star. It 's nothing new - I used to spend down to the last dime.

The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.

When you've got 5 minutes to fill, Twitter is a great way to fill 35 minutes.

His safety was more important than anything to me. Even if he would never know enough to understand that.

Garden making, like gardening itself, concerns the relationship of the human being to his natural surroundings.