No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love.

A willing soul will keenly go the length, breadth and depth to fulfill the dream.

Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

In Heaven, it is always Autumn".

Some would say that they are terrorists. Others would say that they are freedom fighters. It depends on which side of the flames you are on...

The great tradition of Delhi can be seen through its cuisine.

Not having a passport makes me very blasé about what appears in foreign periodicals since I know I'll never see it.

I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.

That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity?I care about others as well.

I work hard to make the poems as good as they can be, and if they're not good enough I scrap them. I find it difficult after a gap of a few years to tinker - I'm more likely to destroy.