If an atom is 99.99 percent empty space, isn’t solidity a mere illusion?
A person’s stature ought to be measured not by how tall he has grown but by how often he has had to bow, and how low, in the process.
Degenerative democracy is a system in which stars of excellence of a society are subjugated to, and governed by its scrum. Isn’t it time to ask whether we are heading that way?
The Secret of Gurus: Fool people such that they feel honourable.
Give a man some free time, or extra money & watch. If he uses it constructively give some more. If unproductively, tax it.
No one is above taking bribe. And most certainly no one above giving it. Only the labels, the form and the manner change.
An unjust system judges people merely by the work they did; a just system should also consider what they could and didn’t.
When mobs take the law in their hands either the rulers have consented to this, or have become impotent.
Be happy your way, with your means. It’s foolish to be unhappy trying to be happy in the ways of other people.
It is seldom about right and wrong. It is always about suitable or unsuitable.