I think there are crossroads in our lives when we make grand, sweeping decisions without even realizing it.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.

You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.

I think young children in the Western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.

Music is a strange thing. I would almost say it is a miracle.

It doesn't matter who scores. If you have an opportunity to score, you score.

As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.

People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.

It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.