Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

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 first duty of love is to listen.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Step after step the ladder is ascended