Laws are silent in times of war.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
The most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
-William Thackeray
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
-Ambrose Bierce
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
-Benjamin Disraeli
We need to understand, what is more helpful for the growth of life; educational
qualifications or concentration? Glancing at lives from Buddha to Edison,
concentration only seems to be more important.
-Deep Trivedi