I'd rather let the music speak for itself.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

I think music has the ability to inspire people and to change hearts, and the heart has the power to change the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.

The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.

Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.

Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.

Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

We have the power to change our lives, and the world around us.

Sometimes the ultimate act of self-compassion is turning off your phone and looking someone in the eye.

As long as there is the egoism of ‘I-ness’ (hoonpanu) and the partiality towards ‘my-ness’ (marapanu), how can there be liberation till then?

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

There would have been no Bach had there been no Luther.

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

I think data is incredibly powerful for understanding what people are thinking and for allocating resources.

I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.