I love the storm and fear the calm.

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death

The past is never dead. It's not even past

What you have to do, you do with play. The universe is God’s play.

I like to let the actors work the way they want to.

Not until we see the richness of the Hindu mind and its essential spirituality can we understand India

If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.

Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.

I'm very loving and supporting of my actors. I also expect them to show up prepared, happy to be there, and give their all as I do as an actor.

Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.