Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
Marriages should culminate on account of the wishes of the couple. It is their knitting of the hearts that should lead to marriages
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god is a scoundrel. He who worships god is a barbarian.
Man is equal to man. There should not be exploitation. One should help the other. No one should harm anybody. Generally there should be no room for grievance or complaint from anybody. Everyone should live and let others live, with a national spirit.
Wisdom lies in thinking. The spear-head of thinking is rationalism
You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water.
Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself. The way man treats women is much worse than the way landlords treat servants and the high-caste treat the low-caste. These treat them so demeaningly only in situations mutually affecting them; but men treat cruelly and as slaves, from their birth till death.
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
The eye is the window of the soul, the mouth the door. The intellect, the will, are seen in the eye; the emotions, sensibilities, and affections, in the mouth. The animals look for man's intentions right into his eyes. Even a rat, when you hunt him and bring him to bay, looks you in the eye.
For me fashion is an expression of art that is very closely related both to me and to my body. I see it as an expression of identity combined with desire, moods and a cultural setting.
We must protect ourselves from jihadis without losing ourselves.