I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Once an angel said to the dreamer, "You will get whatever you want in your life in this world and from this world".

If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth

The materials of city planning are sky space trees steel and cement in that order and in that hierarchy.

Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not wondering what went on in the dark around them.

And we will NOT let Campbell's Soup, Old Navy, or anybody ELSE, HAMMER into the minds of girls as YOUNG as SIX YEARS OLD that they should ALWAYS hate their bodies and ALWAYS be on a diet!

I don't believe you can buy style. Money won't make you look good.

Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.

We should choose our thoughts carefully. We can think about what is wrong with our lives or about what is right with them.

My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.