I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

If you really like someone, it doesn't matter what their mouth feels or tastes like. The kiss is still awesome.

Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy.

When I did the vocals, I always became so angry and pissed off.

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

Great,” Percy said. “I always wanted to be glue.

[On book promotion:] The reward for writing well appears to be not to be able to do it for a long time.

So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world.

Family is what really runs through my head. I'm usually bombarded with tons of phone calls, but I'm usually bombarded with love as well.

If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.