All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a 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.

The conversation was like the sort one has in dreams—mad but interesting.

You must depend on higher power to fulfill your mission in tough journey.

The more you have seen, the larger your cognitive map, the more you can imagine.

The planet is ill, everyone knows that. But I need to be optimistic, otherwise I would just be adding to the negativity. So every night I come on Madrid TV and read a piece of good news.

Experience is the highest authority.

It can happen anytime, anywhere. I mean, you don't have to be in front of stuff that's going to make a good photograph. It's possible anywhere.

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

The great mercy of God was that while I was purposefully preparing God's people, He was purposefully preparing me.

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she transforms us into beasts.

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.