Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.

At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

I felt I was owned by possessions.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

She kissed her teenage fantasy, the popular boy she used to dream would see something special in her and love her forever. The man kissed her back.

I do not much believe in education. Each person ought to be his or her own model, however frightful that may be.

Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as opposed to fantasizing about doing something.

Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I have to do is be myself and be dignified in my meditation and my lifestyle.

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

I'm an expert at kissing girls necks, they love it. Girls say I'm quite sensitive, but I'm hyperactive too.

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.

If you can't understand the blues, you don't know much