Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

He knew now that it was his own will to happiness which must make the next move. But if he was to do so, he realized that he must come to terms with time, that to have time was at once the most magnificent and the most dangerous of experiments. Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

The misery and greatness of this world: it offers no truths, but only objects for love. Absurdity is king, but love saves us from it.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

[New Delhi] is trying to show that greatness can be voted into office, if applied for in triplicate, through the proper channels.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.