The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?

It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.

Never say that anything is hopeless, Tristal, until it has irreparably failed. And always remember that Elamm’ may perform any action, though it may seem impossible to you.

I wish airplanes were more like elementary school with someone up front telling everyone to sit down and shut up.

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

The House of Representatives, which was closer to the population, had much less power. The executive was more or less an administrator, not an emperor like today.

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you.

My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?