Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

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.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.