Those who in this world have the courage to try and solve in their own lives new problems of life, are the ones who raise society to greatness.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

when you shoot for the stars, you can't ever look back.

People believed what made them comfortable. What fit with their preconceptions of how the world worked.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

It's a hard slog doing promotion, but its nothing compared to working in a factory packing meat pies or whatever.

I've had a number of opportunities to hear Andrei Ryabov perform and I am amazed at the high level of creativity, technique and freshness in his playing.

My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.

The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.

No one is obliged to take a position on the urgent issues of the day, but there are times when our impoverished public sphere could do with some occasional assertions of literary and moral authority.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.