The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

This document [the Reconstruction and Development Programme] was translated into a simpler manifesto called 'A Better Life for All', which in turn became the ANC's campaign slogan.

Our lives follow the stories we tell ourselves.

A good life is the only religion.

My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history. And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.

one day in the country is exactly like another.

I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men.

And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.

Take her home. And-" "Say nothing- yes, yes, I heard you the first seven hundred times," Myrnin said, much too sharply. "I'm ancient. I'm not deaf.

We definitely need to get the excitement back.

If anybody gets highbrow around the studio, out he goes.