Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

The aim of the gospel is the creation of people who are passionate for doing good rather than settling for the passionless avoidance of evil.

He who has conquered his internal enemies, to such an Arihant, I bow down to them. Learn to recognize the inner enemies. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the inner enemies.

The neurological condition of echopraxia is to autonomy as blindsight is to consciousness.

A man who does not know God lives guided by the desires of his flesh.

Your past is always going to be the way it was. Stop trying to change it.

The transitional period was tough, I won't kid you. You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to fi nd our feet.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Boldness is a crucial element of genius.

Technology is anything that was invented after you were born.

The marketplace is democratic.