The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

How small these rescued tides appear! Earthly delights flow in torrents. Each object offers paradise.

Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

Variety of form and brilliancy of colour in the objects presented to patients are actual means of recovery.

Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.

Every studio needs a rubber chicken.

Before you leave the house, you need to make up your mind that you’re going to stay positive and enjoy the day no matter what comes your way. You have to decide ahead of time.

I was just thinking about my own natural way of one-night stands: always wanting to be more attached to something. I'm not very good at detaching myself.

This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells - that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self (atman).

There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.