Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.

One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.

The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet.

As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.

Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders.

Amiable weaknesses of human nature.

Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.

If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.

You have all the time in the world, but don't waste a moment.

Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.

New York has magnificent eating available, both in restaurants and in the materials available to home cooks in the many specialty markets.