The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has become ‘Soul’ (Atma

Love and hate had their own secret languages, and Mark and Kieran were speaking in them now.

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

Kids have parents. Let the parents be responsible for the kids.

Just one great idea can change your life dramatically. Look for it. It's there somewhere!

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.

I miss 100% of the shots I don't take.

When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best.