Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

A beautiful face is temporary

Someone who was just nice didn't remain on your mind an hour after they'd left.

The five stages of bureaucratic grieving are: denial, anger, committee meetings, scapegoating, and cover-up.

With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.

Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you.

Know mankind well, don't degrade every man as evil, and don't exalt every man thinking he is good. He who cannot discover himself; cannot discover the world.