“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.”

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Even as a cow she was lovely.

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Love is the force that leaves you colorless.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

By yielding you may obtain victory.

We believe slowly when belief brings pain.

Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.

He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.

Don’t talk too much. Don’t pop off. Don’t talk after the game until you cool off.

Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

I believe that India is such a big country that one must do as much work as possible. So I keep doing that.

It’s hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.

If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.