Inability to accept positive change is a hindrance to growth.

Soul (Atma), Absolute Knowledge (Gnan) and the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma) are one and the same element.

Being in the shadows is no way to live, but sometimes its' the only way to find out who you are.

It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.

A good name is still to be preferred to great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

I don't know whose box I'm in, and I don't really care.

I don't like dudes. Not even for 1 second.

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

You can stick a fork in Barack Obama. Politically, he's done. The main way we can screw this up is if we choose the wrong Republican.