Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.
An arch never sleeps.
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.
These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.
For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.
It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.
Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
No one was ever lost on a straight road.
When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.