Inside the scrawny adolescent was a soul that defied extinction.

Spirituality is a magnet, and the magnet affects iron, not the wood or stone. Similarly, faith and devotion are iron, who has that, spirituality touches the believer, not an unbeliever.

Save yourselves!” Percy warned. “It is too late for us!”Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. “Oh, no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!”Nothing happ

I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

Maybe if my songs feel personal, that's very nice. I like that. I take that as a great compliment.

I was definitely born a dreamer. I could never sit still, and I can't now.

I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.

Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?" "Then what died? who are you mourning?" "A point of view.

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in effect, decide whom to admit to the priesthood.

I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously.