When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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

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

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Patience is the art of hoping.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.