Swaraj is a hardy tree of patient growth.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.

your voice is a place i want to take shelter in, a place that makes me feel safe and soft.

Beauty is in the reflection of your love that is always present in your heart.

I let loose a guttural roar-the cry of a man who has been deprived of his rightful kibbeh. I drew my sword and smacked the eagle with flat of the blade

You do not become a leader because people follow you. Rather, people tend to follow you because you have leadership qualities. The journey of leadership often starts alone.

I desired dragons with a profound desire.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem.

But we're all so different, we're different ages; we're not vying for the same roles. There's no competition, there's really kind of a sisterhood, on and off the set, you know?

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.