We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except in dreams.

But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.

I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt much better ever since.

I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.

I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.

If he didn't want his opinion, why did he ask for it?

Be prepared to say “no” to some things. That is the key. When you say “yes” to every invitation, event and call, you will come back to meet you plans on the paper in the same state you left them.

If I stick to the Bible and preach the principles and the teachings of the Bible, and quote the Bible, it has an impact of its own.

Simple works, complex fails.

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

We are not only celebrating International Yoga day, we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana.

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.

Pardon's the word to all.