Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.

In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little