Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own destiny, not on His worship. In India, no one has ever claimed to be a prophet. The reason is that claims to divinity are customary.

The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; but the World endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer for the rest is unseen.

A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, lest his neighbours rise in arms against him.

Learning is a plant that grows in all climes.

It is best for ordinary men to have only one wife !

Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.

You cannot bring democracy to a country by attacking it.

The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination.

Singing instrumental music is most important because, while you play an instrument, you are singing through the instrument... actually, you are singing inside.

Negotiation talks are the best way to solve anything. We must replace wars and weapons with negotiations and talks.

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.

You are not the victim of the world, but rather the master of your own destiny. It is your choices and decisions that determine your destiny.

if all of life were an illusion then the instruments science would use to measure reality could not be depended upon.

Trees, O trees, why can't you hold on to your leaves?

Global warming is the most prominent form of mass hysteria raging across the world today.

Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it.

In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.

I've been to North Africa many times.

Usually people just do their own work. But I want to deal with the place and what it means to show in a mental hospital.

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.