It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

Living a good life is like flipping pancakes. If you hesitate, it splatters all over the place.

In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you will remember it at time you beg forgiveness.

We cannot be effective if we continue to cling to the old ways, the old strategies, the old assumptions.

When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time.

Christians are a polyphonic people.

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

It seems everyone in the world is now a potential member of the paparazzi. Most of the time people ask if they can take a picture with their mobiles but increasingly they don't bother to ask.

Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.

I felt the beginning of a passion, hopeless in the long run, but very nourishing, for identifying myself with people who were not my own, and whose lives were governed by ideas alien to mine.