Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

A culture that does not teach prayer soon runs mad with desire.

If you want to be happy think about tomorrow but not the day after tomorrow.

... some wounds refuse the remedy of time.

It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.

Overwork tires; underwork wearies.

Somehow I understood without the storm I couldn't know myself.

There will always be humans, lots of them, who provide the data that makes the networked realization of any technology better and cheaper.

I really don't feel that writing is therapy.

Hire people who intimidate you.

At the end of the day, I'm a human being.

In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'.