I know that I have found fulfillment. I have an object in life, a task ... a passion.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.

Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.

When I write I face my demons, and defeat them.

Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer.

That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!

It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation.

When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders

It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela.