Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.