Few are they who have never had the chance to achieve happiness ... and fewer those who have taken that chance.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

When you have something this good, you keep it. Forever. And that's all the magic there is to it.

It is in the seemingly impossible where we find our true value

The art is in selecting what is worthwhile to take the trouble about.

Practice like the Devil.

There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger thing. And that's the story of my life.

I have no other wish in this world but to find light and joy and peace through Hinduism.

I do not support child abuse. It's a disgusting crime of which I am a victim.

To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.

God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.