"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West … Out of place everywhere, at home nowhere."

"I can certainly read it. I am a literate person."

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will."

"We live in a world of paradoxes and contradictions."