“Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”

“Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to ...”

“As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?”

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”

“The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.”

“There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”