The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

Being still does not mean don't move. It means move in peace.

Considering she’d just blown his gray matter into the ether, he was screwed.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

I know that Annie Lennox has saved my life quite a few times, and I never forget that.

I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I�m a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I�m not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn�t exist.

Reminiscing, with obvious emotion, on his long career: It's like the size of the crowd here today. It always surprises me. But I do appreciate it.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.