They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

Besides, we feel always a sort of mental superiority over those whose lives we know better than they suppose.

Being our best involves walking away from every situation with less than what we had when we encountered it because we left something behind in the exchange.

Chemistrys a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.

Bodies come and go, ages come and go, yugas come and go, eternities come and go. Selves come and go.

Remember, your body is a temple, not a 7-Eleven.

When we make a true commitment to walk in love, it usually causes a huge shift in our lifestyle. Many of our ways - our thoughts, our conversation, our habits - have to change.

Give rejection the finger, and rejection gives it back.

To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body.