Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile.

Ignorance is a deep darkness.

Every man must find his own philosophy, his attitude towards life.

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.

My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.

You thought I was a lovelorn mistress; and I was only an expensive prostitute.

When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do.

I didn't think it would be possible, but it appears Isiah Thomas is a worse general manager than coach.

Always be kind in your heart, spirit and mind.

Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.