The minute what you think of as radical becomes an institutionalised, funded operation, you're in some trouble.

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.

When they have contemplated the world, human beings have always experienced a transcendence and mystery at the heart of existence.

Share your food with the needy and you shall see that your food will taste much better!

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!

It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting.

Flexibility is the key to stability.

Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.

We are in truth but pieces on this chess board of life, which in the end we leave, only to drop one by one into the grave of nothingness.

An author places himself uncalled before the tribunal of criticism and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace.