" The unexamined life is not worth living. "

— Socrates

" New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. "

— Lao Tzu

" As a child, I believed talent was the key to success. As an adult, I realized I was naive. Then I understood the country I lived in—India. And it hit me: in a place like this, success isn't about talent. It's about luck. Pure, ruthless luck. "

— Unknown

" Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. "

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

" For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. "

— John Burroughs

" Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. "

— Franklin D. Roosevelt