Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever.

. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . .

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance.

I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry.

Go. Go to your beautiful dances, your beautiful ceremonies. And we will bury our dead.

Century was an occasional thing in cricket, Sachin made it frequent.

Happiness comes from your mindset.

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.

Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]

If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her in the living room.

Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.

We are meant to be one. And only after we realize that amazing truth can we find what we need - true peace.