Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Melville to Hawthorne: "In your stories, you seem to understand that the dramatic moments come not when a character must choose between right and wrong buy when he must choose between two wrongs.

Give light and people will find the way.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

There's not much I dislike more than being addressed as "Hey you" and being poked with a finger.

Theories are like scaffolding: they are not the house, but you cannot build the house without them.

I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

Elections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead.

I talk alot about death so I should do it soon... Maybe under the cold breeze of a bluish moon

'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us to join forces, stand shoulder to shoulder, march hand in hand.