The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is these qualities that distinguish the strong soul from the weak.
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
My books are friends that never fail me.
Worship is transcendent wonder.
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God. They illustrated that the numerical superiority does not count when it comes to the truth and the falsehood. The victory of Husain, despite his minority, marvels me!
Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted.
The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.