Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

We all come and go. This universe is staying here with endless joy of welcoming and an infinite sadness of farewell.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.

A study of the Great Malady; horror of home.

Sometime, when you start thinking too much what an audience is going to think, when you're too self-conscious about it, you make mistakes.

HAPPINESS comes first by what comes into your head a long time before material BLESSINGS come into your hand.

My dad was a cross-country truck driver.

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nations largest corporations.

I don't consider anything I'm doing as generous. In the new model of the world, I hope people will consider whatever I'm doing as just normal.