You taught me to think, and you put ideas in my head. People read to forget. Books don't change the world, ji. You didn't tell me that. You talked of the dignity of the human spirit to a hijra.

It is not often that I have two options to choose from. It is nice to be compelled towards something, otherwise one drifts through life unimpeded.Bhanggi

Even if we have grown so far apart that we don't recognize each other when we pass, we have this life, this block of time, and what do you think about that?

Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

Knowing isn't doing; doing isn't knowing. Nothing but the knowing and the doing gets it done.

The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it down.

However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure.

Denying our weaknesses is neither power, nor protection. We cannot overcome those disabling parts of our own nature which in fact steal our power away, if we do not acknowledge they exist.

Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me. No hope, no harm; just another false alarm.