Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

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.

CUSTOMER: If I were to, say... meet the love of my life in this bookshop, what section do you think they would be standing in?

When you see someone on top, look away and don't try to bring him down, because he may someday help you reach the top.

Apriority creates ambiguities among ideas.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

The economy is the silent elephant in the room.

I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot, success is my only option, failure's not.

I'm in a body, and when my sleep ends, I'm awake. I don't really understand the... that's not really a choice. I mean unless I chose to stay in bed, but I'd still be awake.

There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery

Love is a sudden revelation: a kiss is always a discovery