To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.