When everything is changing in a very intense way the best thing to do is to find strength and support to go deep within the self and get in touch with your own inner being.
That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.
One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense oversensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting. Generosity is as painful as meanness, gratitude as hateful as in gratitude.
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.
Brotherhood means understanding that a cry of pain means the same in all languages and so does a smile.
You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again.
I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.
We can experience exctasy as long we believe in love.
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.
Dont feel sorry for yourself, love yourself!
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
