I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Negative emotional states are a breeding ground for mistakes.

If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation.

Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

We never know which of us will start the chain reaction. But one of us will.

The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development lies the origin of civilization.

India has always wanted friendly ties with its neighbours, there can be no debate around it. We want to live in harmony and peace.

I have this terrible habit of wanting to try to be consistent and develop a philosophy that's coherent.

I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.