… a person who tries to use reasoning to explain faith gets lost in the wilderness of incomprehension.

…the purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.

...Hope is a ridiculous failing that we need to harbour in order to lead a serene life…

...No reformer is worthy of the name if he fails to be the ultimate pacesetter in his own reform drive...

...There is no greater dividing force in this world than self-interest....

...There is no worse way to abuse a man’s patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land...

...At the end of the day, what matters is our faith in humanity...

These quasi-faithful are growing in strength. They are the fundamentalists today, and they abound in all the religions.

Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important.

Grief, my friend, forces us to search our souls and find answers to issues that constrain us from becoming better human beings.

Faith goes hand in hand with the belief in a supreme purpose that includes everybody, a purpose that is for mankind’s ultimate peace, harmony and happiness.

My truth could be very different than your truth.

What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities.

When you have passion it changes your perspective on things, you want every tiny detail to be right. You want funny moments to be funny, sad moments to be sad. You wanna give your all.

You just have to keep going to find that thing that lets you in the door. Sometimes in life when that day comes and you're given the key, you throw it away.

The Russians did much bigger space launch vehicles for launching satellites and for getting men in orbit. They did that much sooner than America because America was very good at something else.

Some things happen by accident - embrace them.

All pains the immortal spirit must endure, All weakness that impairs, all griefs that bow, Find their sole voice in that victorious brow.

A good story needs only a good storyteller.

I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.

The boundary between neurology and psychiatry is becoming increasingly blurred, and its only a matter of time before psychiatry becomes just another branch of neurology.