Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.

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.

When your life is stormy, take a refuge to a port: To music or to literature, in short, to art, to any kind of art!

This is what we do. We make tea and read books and watch people die.

But trust me, it's best to face something head on, smash it, and move on with your life. Lingering and wondering, waiting and worrying... that kills you.

Technically, of course, he was right. Socially, he was annoying us.

Muscles come and go flab lasts.

We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.

I still had to correct Allen Ginsberg at times when he called women girls. I'd say. Allen please, it's not politically correct.

I always try to do something for my husband that's completely selfless, and something that I hope will rock his world in some form or fashion.

In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

Winning brought me a wonderful sense of completeness.