By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Sometimes our heroes let us down.

People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy

Achievement is not important, attempt is...!

Cuisine is only about making foods taste the way they are supposed to taste.

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

People say, 'Oh, you don't like China?' No, I love them. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders, and we can't sustain ourself with that.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks.

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.