The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

The perfect place to begin is exactly where you are right now.

We must do what we think we can't do.

Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.

I dream of making India a $20 trillion economy. For that, I am pushing for agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors.

Your husband is lazy if when he leaves the house, he finds out which way the wind is blowing and goes that direction.

I did not understand the differences between Catholic and Protestant until I was an adult.

You can't help being young, but it's past time that you stopped being stupid.

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.