We've all done things we'd rather keep in the dark. It's only by shedding light on them that our demons can disappear.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

Even prisoners can escape if they have books.

Pain moves us forward, changing us into something else, something we need to be.

Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

The only words free of suspicious motives will be the ones I find in books.

Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold.

When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

Grandmother was like an opal. You could never be sure which colors were really there and which were just tricks of the light.

Goals and dreams are not purposed to please others. I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference.

In the future he would remember to be kinder to her clothing... provided she didn't look so damn good in them.

Ah, cruel 'tis to love, And cruel not to love, But cruelest of all To love and love in vain.

I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.

We all suffer from dreams

And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Sometimes people come up and they get infatuated with some little brief imagistic poem or something, and they say, "Oh, I really like your Zen poems." And I say, "Which ones are not Zen poems?"

Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.