sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

The more we sweat, the less we bleed.

Freedom is not for the timid.

One can argue that in the context of history a few years do not matter. But we live in an age in which every moment counts heavily and the price of delay is human lives.

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

Your life is a picture of the decisions and choices you have made in the past, and your future depends on the quality of the decisions you make today and tomorrow.

People are complicated. And messy. Seems too convenient that we’d all fit inside some multiple-choice question.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

One of the greatest accomplishments in this world would be that of lifting human hearts. Blessed are they who are kind and considerate of the feelings of other people.

The artist is he who can take something ordinary and wring out of it attar of roses.