In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I become a lawyer.

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

Being humble could be dangerous. Humility may be mistaken for submission.

My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego go with it.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Landslides, cloudbursts, and what not—the hill folks have to contend with more than their share of woes.