A silence followed, while the two men contemplated dying for love.

He feared at certain moments that the only new knowledge he would take away from this country was learning how to swim and use the telephone.

All of them would understand, as he did now, that he had crossed a line in himself, he had left their world behind, the decent world of tea parties and suburban witticisms.

What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It was surprising how very radical this simple emotion could be.

The Indians were inside their bodies, he decided, in a way that the British were not. His own flesh impeded his spirit.

I am happy to see you, Maso

It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such a commotion about being different, and all you want is to be the same.

Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody?

To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency — how to accurately anticipate the future.

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

If you want to win, you have to sacrifice and do what makes the team work most efficiently.

Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.

Never Explain Anything

In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible, so that the responsibility of the service sector would not be overloaded.

I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day.

Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.

If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.