Her needlework both plain and ornamental was excellent, and she might have put a sewing machine to shame. – James Edward Austen-Leigh, about Jane Austen
The happiness of ones own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul one must try to include, as necessary to ones own happiness, the happiness of others. – Paramahansa Yogananda
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world. – Vinoba Bhave