Like everything else, we know the futility of money only when we have more than enough of it.

The restless spirit never loses its wings. If sometimes it cannot fly, it is because during those moments the sky vanishes.

Pleasure and pain are on the same side of the coin of human experience. The opposite is indifference or numbness.

Unconditional love should not be presumed to be without ardent expectations as also the inevitable disappointment.

When a lie makes a soft bed for everyone, may the truth lie low. God as commonly understood appears to be one such lie. God as non-existence is not everyone's cup of tea and He better remain so.

In some languages (Hindi is one), every perception is called "seeing". Maybe, the trick is to rely on the eyes less and less as one perceives more and more.

What is knowledge but a lucid enunciation of ignorance of yesterday. If there is no darkness to dispel, there can be no light.

The Sun would have wasted its life but for the evolution of life on earth. The one who gives should be grateful to the one who receives.

Truth is always a quest and if it looks anything like a destination, it is proof that we are on to illusion. Thus, unique is each quest!

Whether morality is moral is an open question.

Whatever time mother goes to heaven, it is always too soon. Fortunately, she is forever.

Further to this, Ove has the cat's resentful stares to contend with. Something in its eyes reminds him of the way Sonja used to look at him.

No matter what, its always an opportunity.

Perhaps friendship doesn't divert sound judgment.

And then they lived happily, and we who hear the story are happier still.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

Parades are man's attempt to make traffic exciting.

You may say, 'That's naïve of you,' and maybe it is, but in my mind, I'm celebrating every kind of woman. That's what a creative person does.

Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own.

Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant.

Every girl wants to play Bridget Jones.