"Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors."

“The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.”

“Life is real only then, when "I am".”

“No longer conscious of my movement, I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never dreamt existed.”

Source : Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.9, The History Press

“Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.”

“I leave with sadness, but also with pride,”

Source : "Rahul Dravid retires from cricket 'with sadness but also with pride'", www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2012.

“The aeroplane is an invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence of the nation, my boy!”

“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That's when you find out who you are and what your values are.”

“To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.”