The magnificent believes half of what he hears and twice what he says.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Ego simply doesn't know how to strike a balance. Either it stays immersed in the
worldly matters or getting distressed, takes 'sanyas' - renounce the world... But
to lead a normal life while being mentally detached from the world is something
that it just does not know.
-Deep Trivedi
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
-Benjamin Franklin
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
-Henry Ford
God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
-Desmond Tutu
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
-Thomas More