In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.

Shiva is chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.

Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.

Love is giving everything and taking nothing

If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja

When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.

When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.

Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).

Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.

The mind creates those things that exist.

She believes that everyone we meet influences us, that we need to hear their stories to learn more about ourselves.

My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.

Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.

Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

Just throw me in my coffin now with these earrings on.

I grew up in New York, so I grew up reading the Sunday Times. It's always something I've been aware of, since my childhood.

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.

This leg will be known as Christmas, and this leg will be known as New Year's Eve! Ladies...why don't you all come visit the Big Valbowski between the holidays.