“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?”

“Every honorable man is forced to yield to blackmail once or twice in his life, just for the sake of keeping peace in the community.”

“With regard to ghosts, while we have never believed in them, we have always been afraid of them.”

“a spider and a flyi heard a spiderand a fly arguingwait said the flydo not eat mei serve a great purposein the worldyou will have toshow me said the spideri scurry aroundgutters and sewersand garba...”

“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”

“i have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i cap...”

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in mens minds, perhaps f...”

“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent.”

“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour of a sari, the beauty of a sheet of water shimmering in the sun, or anything that gives deligh...”