It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves.

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.

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?

Poetry listens to me when I am silent and understands me when no one else seems to be able to.

The wind that blows the ship that goes And the lass that loves a sailor.

I'd rather let the music speak for itself.

I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you

Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.

Bringing jobs back to Michigan and Ohio and Pennsylvania and all the places that have lost their jobs. That's already happening. I think you're gonna see tremendous job growth in this country.

We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people.

If anything, people think it's cool that I'm still working. I'm proud to be a working mama in this world.