The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

The world of books is a heavenly paradise.

One can become ‘Embodiment of Love’ [Prem Swaroop], only when there is no my-ness [mamata].

Consistency. Clarity. Courage. I like to stand for consistency, clarity and courage in my thoughts, words, and actions.

Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.

I think that's the best way to see things, especially this kind of play where there's no pyrotechnics, it's literally just people talking.

It is evident that youth is the first victim of the trend toward bureaucratization. The young men are deprived of any opportunity to shape their own fate.

She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.

When you meet a stranger, look at his shoes. Keep your money in your shoes.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

You do not need to do anything first to be enlightened.