Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories

Florence imagined the Hammer and Sickle metallurgical plant to be an enormous brick factory like the ones in New York. But as she approached she saw it was in fact a small city of its own

A Red Riding Hood out of her depths in the woods of socialism

She was arriving at a revelation that the secret to living was simply forgetting

The only way to learn who you are is to leave home.

Breaking your family's heart was the price you paid for rescuing your own.

Live full of accomplishments and die empty of your God-given potentials. Release your greatness now.

The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick.

I am neither modern nor ancient - just contemporary, as every Guru was. If one is not relevant for today, what is the point?

I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.

If we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory.

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.

There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.

By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.

We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.

Seeking out causes is a pastime of the mind. There is no duality of cause and effect. Everything is its own cause.