... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

Rugged strength and radiant beauty-- These were one in Nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty-- These will form the perfect man.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

And you each gentle animal In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your call, If you are always kind.

I wonder if there are soft-spoken voices who deliver assignments to all of us in various times ... It is nice to think I have company-that others dance to the muted music I hear.

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

The evening starIs the mostbeautifulof all stars

At the meeting you behaves exactly as Marathi novelists of the last century tell is husbands do in sari shops.

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life.

You can't delegate growth or customer satisfaction.

Organization makes a system of many appear fewer.

I didn't set out to be unusual or different. I just wanted to do things my way.

The only way to improve a trick is to find a simpler and more direct way of doing it.

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities.