No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books, either to discover or to control himself.

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

Most men are essentially dead by thirty.

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books.

It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.

Ignorance is a deep darkness.

Truly, " remarked Nandi as we entered a darkened tunnel, "it is amazing that you have not died yet, mistress." "Well, hang in there. The night is young.

In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good.

We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

You can't wait forever for an audience to get the joke, but you should give them at least two seconds to join in before you go on to the next one.

The Tibetan Buddhist realization is that mind does not have any particular qualities or attributes of its own. It's clear - clear light.

I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.

On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors.

I see myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way, regardless of transient opinions and views.

The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.