Everybody likes a few surprises; it's a perfectly natural human craving.

Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh- I really think that requires spirit!

It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones.

I believe absolutely in my own free will and my own power to accomplish - and that is the belief that moves mountains.

The more I study men, the more I realize that they are nothing in the world but boys grown too big to be spankable.

I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's places. It makes them kind and sympathetic and understanding.

It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity.

The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way.

I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh—also if I win.

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

Thank heaven I don't inherit God from anybody! I am free to make mine up as I wish Him. He's kind and sympathetic and imaginative and forgiving and understanding - and He has a sense of humor.

To become God (Khuda) one does not need weapons. One needs to recognize his [True] Self (Khud). The one who knows one’s own Self (khud), is God (khuda).

India will reveal to you the places in your heart that must be purified.

The more I speak the more I make mistakes so. I speak less and listen more

This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.

I love to travel, don't like the getting there 'planes' but love it when I arrive.

I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.

When I'm in the studio, there are no boundaries.

Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live.

It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.