शांत Quotes

A man's character may be learned from

the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

People react to fear,

not love.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them humanity cannot survive.

My cousin's gay, he went to London

only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms,

and they need post

war rebuilding of faith,

trust and confidence.

For me,

I am driven by two main philosophies:

know more today about the world than I knew yesterday,

and lessen the suffering of others.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away.

He must have time to modify his shape.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

Don’t wait for good things to happen to you.

In this sad world of ours,

sorrow comes to all;

and to the young,

it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.

I have had experience enough to know what I say.

Life opens up opportunities to you,

and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?

Nature is the incarnation of thought.

The world is the mind precipitated.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself

a refuge from almost all miseries of life.

Pain and suffering are always

inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

No man succeeds without

a good woman behind him.

Wife or mother,

if it is both,

he is twice blessed indeed.

Know from whence you came.

If you know whence you came,

there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

The only obligation we have is to do what we love.

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation,

played with confidence,

stands a good chance to deceive.

In the long run,

the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.