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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Money is what things run into and people run out of