"Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws."
"Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?"
"To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy."
"Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience."
"Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter."
"Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience."
"If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure."
"A man who has come to the full realization of his responsibility to men won't stick to one man. It will be foolhardy if he does that."
"The mind is the mine of man, wherein he digs out good or evil."
"The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it."
"Mind your mind, soon, you will mine from it."
"Invariably, we all are 'MIND LORDS'."
"Waiting is a form of passive persistence."
"Love springs from the inside. It is the immortal surge of passion, excitement, energy, power, strength, prosperity, recognition, respect, desire, determination, enthusiasm, confidence, courage, and vitality, that nourishes, extends and protects. It possesses an external objective - life."
"It is better to hope less than to be hopeless."
"There is a thin line between the impossible and the possible - that is determination."
"Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more."
"When a man begins to do that which is assigned to him, it becomes as if he is more endowed and favoured than his fellows."
"Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight."
"I acquired courage from the masterpieces of sages. I came of age by their instructions to keep going, even in hard times. Then I learnt not to despair, even when it seemed that my world is falling apart. I learnt to possess fortitude."
"The slogans “hang on” and “press on” have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity."
"Things are happening out there. Don’t waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion."
"See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences. They, too, shall pass away."
"I believe that our sole responsibility is to reach out, uplift one another and lighten one another's burdens. If we are not doing this, then we are yet to start living. What a man owes his fellow is a transforming encounter."
"There are three things I love, three things I spend time with, three things I treat alike: family; friends; and books."