Words worth keeping
343 quotes — from Indian and world voices, in English, Hindi and Urdu — while our publisher catalog grows.
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
Some people have lives; some people have music.
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.
My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.
Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time! But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!
Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.
World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.