At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

In order to make the egoism non-existent [zero], the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] establishes the awareness of the Pure Soul within.

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

Delighted to be lost.

Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.

When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved.

A woman’s sphere of influence is a unique sphere, one that cannot be duplicated by men.

There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real.

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

I've always wanted to try new things because it's exciting and it keeps you active and alive.

The loss of any army is always caused by underestimating the enemy. Therefore gather information and watch the enemy carefully.