The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.

This is a battlefield, Faith! Women find themselves on battlefields, just as men do. We are given no weapons, and cannot be seen to fight. But fight we must, or perish.

If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.

when you speak of other people's marriages, you are, of course, saying something about your own.

There's nothing wrong with making love with the light on. Just make sure the car door is closed.

Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies.

It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new earth.

When one is traveling, one must expect to spend a certain amount of money foolishly.

Who among us has not sought peace in a song?