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

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

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.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Read to find life treasures

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Anything with no head is dead, and anything with two heads is a freak.

Whipping is fifty percent show and noise.

It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it.

Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed today and those that will be developed tomorrow.