No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even if one complains later on that they were used.

The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s a concept that’s rarely given a proper explanation. It isn’t what you did in the past that will affect the present. It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

Respect those who grew up and learned alongside you. Respect those who taught you.

We must have a university degree even if we never get a job in the area of knowledge we were forced to study.

As soon as people decide to confront a problem, they realize that they are far more capable than they thought they were.

But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.