To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.