Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

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.

I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.

I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers.

I prefer no one to teach me. I prefer to swing on my own.

The goal of Bethlehem College and Seminary cannot be expressed with man as the end point. Christ is the endpoint.

The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes

This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.

I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmothers since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years.

It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom.

[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.

My theory is that if you buy an ice-cream cone and make it hit your mouth, you can learn to play tennis. If you stick it on your forehead, your chances aren't as good.