Indian

He that is bald headed has no need for a comb.
Death is a camel which sleeps in everyone’s house.
Every one looking downwards becomes impressed with ideas of his own greatness, but looking upwards, he feels his own littleness.
The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth.
Poverty makes thieves, like love makes poets.
One and one sometimes make eleven.
The spouse of a woman is a man, the spouse of a man is his livelihood.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
Life is a bridge, cross over it, but build no house on it.
There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.
Don’t eat your bread on someone else’s table.
Complaining is the weak man’s weapon.
A man without money is like a bow without arrows.
Every dog is a tiger in his own street.
Don’t delay today’s work until tomorrow.
Alertness and courage are life’s shields.
Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.
A guilty conscience is a hidden enemy.
Pull someone by the ears and his head will follow.
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
A tree starts with a seed.
We can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great.
He who does not climb, will not fall either.
No one was ever lost on a straight road.
It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.
Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.
A dog always bites under the knee.
A house without children is a graveyard.
Poverty destroys all virtues.
Happy is the woman whose husband does not speak to her.
There are three uncertainties: woman, wind, and wealth.
Greed is the root cause of sorrow.
Better a hundred enemies outside the house than one inside.
What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.
Smiles that you broadcast, will always come back to you.
Dependence on another is perpetual disappointment.
Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Pearls are of no value in a desert.
A friend advises in his interest, not yours.
If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
Never do tomorrow, what you can do today.
A man without a woman is only half a man.
Only two things matter in this world: a son and a daughter.
When you have an ass for a friend, expect nothing but kicks.
Love from someone who is bad is worse than his hatred.
There is no hand to catch time.
Stolen sugar is the sweetest.
You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.
Follow the river and you will get to the sea.
Patience is the most beautiful prayer.
If they don’t exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another.
Where the needle goes, the thread follows.
Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, and little minds discuss people.
Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa.
Deceive me about the price but not about the goods.
Don’t eat your bread on someone Else’s table.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision.
The worst kind of poverty is to have many debts.
Any water in the desert will do.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Where the needle goes, the thread follows.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person.
A mother is a school, preparing her is like preparing a good nation.
It’s better to pick a fight with your in-laws than with your neighbors.
You do not stumble over a mountain, but you do over a stone.
Regularity is the best medicine.
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.
It is easy to forget a kindness, but one remembers unkindness.
Something done at the wrong time should be regarded as not done.
Advice sharpens a rusty opinion.
Don’t bargain for fish which are still in the water.
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.
What is now in the past was once in the future.
They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.
If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
Pearls are of no value in a desert.
In a tree that you can’t climb, there are always a thousand fruits.
I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.
You should not call in a cat to settle the argument of two birds.
Without love everything is in vain.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile.
Whoever eats a pancake never counts the holes in it.
To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion.
Patience is the most beautiful prayer.
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
To give jewels to a donkey is as stupid as giving a eunuch to a woman.
A man without money is like a bow without arrows.
A monkey that amuses me is better than a deer astray.
A hundred divine epochs would not suffice to describe all the marvels of the Himalaya.
Faith keeps the world going.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A fight in your neighbor’s house is refreshing.
A thief thinks everybody steals.
Great anger is more destructive than the sword.
Under the mountains is silver and gold. But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
If a man from humble beginnings gets rich, he will carry his umbrella at midnight.
The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
Believe what you see and not all you hear.
Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist.
To loan is to buy troubles.
War is to men, childbirth is to women.
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
The money you dream about will not pay your bills.
One finger can’t lift a pebble.
The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
Ask thy purse what thou should buy.
He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
I had no shoes and complained until I saw a man who had no feet.
A problem is solved when it gets tougher.
No strength within, no respect without.
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.
Fish and guests smell when they are three days old.
Use medicine as well as prayers.
To quarrel with a man of a good speech is better than to converse with a man who does not speak well.
He who has a true friend, has no need of a mirror.
A man without a woman is only half a man.
Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
Speak like a parrot; meditate like a swan; chew like a goat; and bathe like an elephant.
Consult the wise and do not disobey him.
True happiness lies in giving it to others.
The man who has mounted an elephant will not fear the bark of a dog.
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.
He who works as a slave, eats as a king.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Certain things capture the eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.
Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa.
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain only then judge his height.
Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark.
You may look up for inspiration or look down in desperation but do not look sideways for information.
Learning is a treasure no thief can touch.
When money is not a servant it is a master.