Physical wounds heal, but those on the soul are difficult to heal.

People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

Religion helps you relate with the universe. Buddha was indifferent to the concept of god yet he gave us values.

I am not an individualist in the Western sense. Collectivism can become oppressive when it tries to dictate; the rights of the two should not clash.

Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

To protect one's identity is a Constitutional right.

Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.

Weapons are less harmful than words.

Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely battle but were left alone to die.

I don't know' is often really 'I don't want to say.

When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless.

If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.

The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work.

No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.

You know, you want everything you do, obviously, to be a success critically and commercially. But what you find out as you go along is that everything won't.

I only work every five years. It's exhausting. I've got a family, and I want to be a really good parent, as well as a hopefully good filmmaker.

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work.