You do not have to pursue something intensely; you as a being should become very intense.

Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in your own experience.

The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.

Having a good home, eating good food, wearing good clothes, are a means to living well; they are not the goals of our life. The quality of your life is decided by how peaceful and joyful you are.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Confusion is better than stupid conclusions. In confusion, there is still a possibility. In stupid conclusion, there is no possibility.

Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

Seeing everything just the way it is gives you the power and capability to walk through life effortlessly.

Blood and wine are interchangeable. Love and hate are unrecognizable. Sanity is no longer with me.

Life only demands from the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.

It would be wonderful if ideas could be the new rock 'n roll

Apparently vodka helps flowers last longer when they're dying. But you can put vodka in anything and it'll make it better.

There are so many things going on this week, ... It's great for Virginia Tech.

To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.

And there in the blue air I saw for the first time, far off, the great snowy tops of the Rocky Mountains. I had to get to Denver at once.

Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.

My favorite birthday game is Pin the Cleanup on the guests.

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.