Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?

Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness

Come oh come ye tea-thirsty restless ones -- the kettle boils, bubbles and sings, musically.

Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.

And because I love this life I know I shall love death as well. The child cries out when From the right breast the mother Takes it away, in the very next moment To Find in the left one Its consolation.

Some day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.

The echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original.

Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!

That which is eternal within the moment only becomes shallow if spread out in time.

If no one responds to your call, then go your own way alone.

Read books when you are free, read minds when you are'nt....but do read...

The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

Men can only think. Women have a way of understanding without thinking. Woman was created out of God's own fancy. Man, He had to hammer into shape.

The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.

Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost heritage.

Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose.

Dreams can never be made captive.

The fish in the water is silent, the animals on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.

I understand the voice of your stars and the silence of your trees.

When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.

To tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

I have lost my dewdrop", cries the flower to the morning sky that lost all its stars

The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.

He alone may chastise who loves.

Whatever we understand and enjoy in human products instantly becomes ours, wherever they might have their origin... Let me feel with unalloyed gladness that all the great glories of man are mine.

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield,But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,But for the patience to win my freedom.

He who has the knowledge has the responsibility to impart it to the students.

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to practice, with the illusion that I'm going to get better that day.

The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

I have no sense of humor about losing

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.

I think the doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men.

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.