I took up leprosy work. Not to help anyone, but to overcome that fear in my life. That it worked out good for others was a by-product. But the fact is: I did it to overcome fear.

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three.

The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

Happiness dies when not shared

Joy is more infectious than leprosy.

If you are through with dreams, then progress halts.

Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

Your poetry is lonely. And yet, you write to feel less alone

When we have public success we also have private struggles.

The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery.

My philosophy is never start talking about 'if,' 'and,' 'but' or the past, because 90 percent of what follows will be negative.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

If they only married when they fell in love, most people would die unwed.

I don't suffer from my insanity -- I enjoy every minute of it.

Ill health is an important factor that forces the poor to remain poor. If they make a little bit of money, one episode of illness can wipe them out.