Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

jThe notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

Any supreme insight is a metaphor.

I can fight for something in the name of democratization, although I don't use that word a lot anymore. Come on, man. I hate democratic capitalism.

I've learned to not care. There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.

Close to birth... I lost, like, 80 percent of my hearing, and I had difficulty speaking.

Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.

Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break.

It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybody may prevent.