You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.
-Ayn Rand
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?
-John Steinbeck
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
-Wilson Mizner
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Either you lead a life which is luxurious on the material level or you lead a luxurious life of God’s blessings - one of the two you have to choose, the time has come…The enjoyment of life is only possible if the world could get connected to the spirit.
In life, no one can only be bad. Even the worst of human being has many good
qualities hidden in him. The one who only looks at the better part of people, lives
his life in utter bliss and peace.
-Deep Trivedi
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.