I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to be killed.

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.

The best part of a writer's biography is not the record of his adventures but the story of his style. [Vogue, interview, 1969]

I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.

A crack of lightning, an explosion of thunder, the sound of pounding rain.

What if she never remembers?" "Then you better make her fall in love with you, again." "How did I do it the first time?" "You let her in.

If I'm president, I guarantee you they [Mexicans] will pay [for the wall], and they will be very, very happy about it.

A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.

Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Sing your song Dance your dance Tell your story I will Listen and remember

If I hadn't gone to Stanford, I'd be working at P&G now.