The Swaraj of my dream is the poor man's Swaraj.

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 highest does not stand without the lowest.

Visionary Fiction speaks the language of the soul. It offers a vision of humanity as we dream it could be.

Think big: Universe is a village, a small place! When you think big, all will get smaller!

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.

Habit is the daily battleground of character

Every seven years our bodies change, every cell. Every seven years, we disappear.

Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again.

Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are.

Stressed souls need the reassuring rhythm of self-nurturing rituals.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.