I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.

We are given in our newspapers and on TV and radio exactly what we, the public, insist on having, and this very frequently is mediocre information and mediocre entertainment.

No one can insult you without your permission.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.