Jihadis have a better bureaucracy than India.

In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living.

And then, they finally decided that it doesn't matter anymore whether they walked on graves, or on the walls. All that mattered was reaching the light that everyone wanted, but nobody ever reached.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.

I'm at my best when I'm exhausted and under pressure.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire.

... what will not the heart endure ere it will voluntarily surrender the hoarded treasure of its love to the cold dictates of reason or the stern voice of duty!

If you live in the same small place long enough, something you don't like is bound to happen