“When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.”

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.

Enemies strike at weak points.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.

Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.

Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits – one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.

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.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.

A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

I realized I didn’t just want to parent children in my own little home but to mother the whole world. What’s the point of gaining influence if you’re not going to use it?

Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily

Give me your four year olds, and in a generation I will build a socialist state.

Hater n-ggas marry hater b-tches and have hater kids.

I think that in order to parent effectively, we are going to have to admit two things: We can’t keep our children safe. We can’t accept the fact that we can’t keep our children safe.

Sometimes when you love someone like a mother loves her child, that love can turn into fear. It happens to me all the time. I am so afraid that the world will not be kind to my children.