“Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.”

Most of man’s trouble comes from his inability to be still.

We never love a person, but only qualities.

If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Don’t try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

When you lose, you keep thinking, ‘I could have done things differently,’ but at that moment, you can’t do anything, so it is important to let go.

A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.

I think judging a shuttle is different everywhere, so there is a drift, but you have to be used to it. We can’t complain, as I think it is same for all.

I think each player has a different style of play, and every match is different.

In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.