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.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

People say law but they mean wealth.

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.