" Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind’s tearing tension. "

— Sri Chinmoy

" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "

— Charles de Gaulle

" All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. "

— Blaise Pascal

" Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything. "

— John Grossmann

" Love is the poetry of the senses. "

— Honore de Balzac

" To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. "

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam