India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

Taslima Nasrin

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

James Thurber

The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

Albert Einstein

Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime.

CharlesMaurice de Talleyrand

I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with a blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead.

Mark Twain

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

Larry Flynt

Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers.

Ralph Nader

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

Sherilyn Fenn

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Lord Chesterfield

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

E. W. Howe

Cabbage, n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Ambrose Bierce