But all years are stupid. It's only when they're over that they become interesting.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

If one understands (realizes) his own Self, then he himself is an Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma).

Why do you write strong female characters?Because you're still asking me that question.

Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.... Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.

No one can see very clearly inside the heavy fog, no one but the fog himself!

If there could've ever been a magical time to build an enterprise software company, now is absolutely that time.

I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.

It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical.

The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow)

Use words that soak up life.