Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

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.

Familiarity increases carnality.

It has been said "the truth will make men free". The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring mental emancipation.

Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly.

Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.

We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

As you know, transforming such a big book [The Gunslinger Born] into graphic novel format is really a process of translation.

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.