A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

Part of the process in healing from trauma, like recovering from addiction, is developing connection and support with others.

Our nation is ripe with a multitude of successful people, who have achieved much for themselves with little impact on anyone else

You remember where you were doing each scene. 'Oh my God, it was so hot that day.' It's kind of cool to see a movie that you haven't seen in a long time and reflect on that stuff.

Over 70 years after Hitler, a German chancellor, a woman, is the leader of the free world. So don't talk to me about irrevocable.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

There is no spirituality without ethics

I'm suddenly finding it hard to know the difference between nightmares and consciousness.

As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.

You won't find one fish in a million that has enough sense to come in when it rains.

We exist within the question of God.