For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

Discover how wonderful you are. Love who you are, with all your faults. Focus on the unique gifts you bring to the people around you, to the world. Making this a daily practice will shift your life.

I wish I were like Facebook

I'm ensuring my place in heaven.

It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.

I was not a beater of children and as a consequence I've always been, I think, very agreeable and co-operative.

All things are delicately interconnected.

There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body." - Jean-Claude

I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Disappointment is often the salt of life.