All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

Life doesn't revolve around youIt revolves around those you love

We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all have forever in the end.

We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

He who would travel happy must travel lite.

Having a partner definitely allows you to take more risks.

A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.

My ability to keep cool in a crisis is based entirely on not knowing all the facts.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.

I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.

I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.