Every reformation ruins somebody.

It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher.

The world is terribly apt to take people at their own valuation.

The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface.

Love is of all stimulants the most powerful. It sharpens the wits like danger, and the memory like hatred; it spurs the will like ambition; it intoxicates like wine.

between prosperity and adversity there can be little real fellowship.

Literature is, in fact, the fruit of leisure.

It is so easy to believe in pleasant impossibilities.

Destiny brought two souls, Jeremiah and Lailah Akita, to light the world with love.

So many people want to be successful, but most of them are fearful or doubtful of the path that leads to it. This is way the land of success is far from being crowded.

The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't know my films.

... patients seldom run amuck at mealtime.

The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied.

Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience.

I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.

the one for whom the sun shines.. -Ramses II

Liberate yourself from the illusion of culture. Take responsibility for what you think and what you do.

I generally disagree with most of the very high margin opportunities. Why? Because it's a business strategy tradeoff: the lower the margin you take, the faster you grow.