Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

From the mud of adversity grows the lotus of joy

Life itself has an incomparable ability to test your wits that you won’t require anything extra or don’t have to go anywhere outside your space to get them tested. – Aniruddha.

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.

I want to be the next Walt Disney, only a little more wicked.

...the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel.

What happened to me should teach everybody that you should never give up on anybody.

Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.

Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.

My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.