Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

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.

There are two kinds of secrets. The ones we keep from others and the ones we keep from ourselves.

When we fight wars, money is no object. When we choose peace, we ration every penny.

Bitterness leads to brokenness in spirit.

I feel closer to the artist I was when I was 19 now then I have done in other stages of my career.

I'm a lousy predictor of the future.

It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is going to hear.

For my life, I confess to you, feels to me today somewhat narrow and circumscribed.

The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.

Contemplating an object fixedly with the mind, asking myself, 'What is it?' without thinking of any other object or relating it to anything else for hours on end.

Power is like money. Some know how to get it; few know how to use it.