There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

I wish I knew how to sleep late! I generally wake horribly early, often with a head full of thoughts and deadlines that propel me to my computer.

Offer a vibration that matches your desire rather than offering a vibration that keeps matching what-is.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

When a soldier is hit by a cannonball, rags are as becoming as purple.

I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the time.

If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.

He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble. from the Book of Proverbs

The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.