Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

How do you make me smile when it seems like there’s nothing in the whole world to smile about?

What to one person is common courtesy is to another tender words of life - and by the same token, what one person intends to show as great affection may be to his beloved an irrelevant show of frivolousness compared to the kindness of simply doing the laundry sometimes.

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

When did you get so clever?"
"When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought.

I am not a learned Pandit, I am not clever or wise. I do not wander; I am not deluded by doubt.