“Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.”

“In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried… nothing is so warming and companionable.”

“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.”

“There is nothing so powerful as truth — and often nothing so strange.”

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”

“There’s nothing like a stupid, accidental death to remind you of the supreme futility of everything.”

“There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

“Nothing I could say can so well show the futility of Hindu-Muslim unity. Hindu-Muslim unity up to now was at least in sight although it was like a mirage. Today it is out of sight and also out of mind.”

“To those who have exhausted statecraft, nothing remains but the realm of pure thought.”

“Sometimes the act of walking in the face of the elements helps us come to grips with reality. Or it simply exhausts us to the point of seeing the futility of resisting reality and the futility of denial.”