No emotions are bad. But if they stay for long, then it is bad. Emotions should be like a line drawn on the surface of water.

Shiva is chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness

Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present.

Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind.

Love is giving everything and taking nothing

If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja

When all doors are shut and you have nowhere to go, that is when you go within. Every crisis is an opportunity and you are the beginning.

When heart speaks and heart listens, harmony is produced. When head talks and head listens, argument is produced.

Every moment you spend on this planet, remember that you are here for a unique purpose & cause, far greater than to just eat, sleep & talk.

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).

Love is preserved by wisdom. Destroyed by demand, tested by doubt, nourished by longing. It blossoms with faith and grows with gratitude.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.

Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.

Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at the board

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.