Love is a landscape the long mountains define but don't shut off from the unseeable distance.

You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.

Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.

Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.

Want to turn your dream in idea? Then write how wonderful it is with all the details. But never forget to plan step by step how to make it a reality. Dream without action does not produce results.

If living Life is an art, then Only You can be the artist to make it colorful.

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco.

Success is making a positive difference to other people, especially seeing others grow, succeed and thrive as a result of your own small contribution.

If you look closely at any face, you'll start to see that different areas of the flesh tones are tinged with four other colors - red, green, purple and yellow.

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

God is just what happens when humanity is connected. Humanity connected is god. Each one of us is a creator but, together, we are THE creator.

You can never achieve anything in a house unless you have things that have been passed down and you find a place for them for yourself.

I don't say it in the Indian fashion that is hypocritically. I say it sincerely because, instead of hatred, I feel great compassion for Mujib Rahiman.