"I feel really qualified to write about Australia."

“Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations. Our need for them is not limited to any specific time, place, society, or culture.”

“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don't know.”

“The humanities of business in this age have become more important than the techniques of business.”

“The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.”

Source : Roger Von Oech (2001). “Whack on the Side of the Head”, Mjf Books

“I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president”

“It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.”

“Everything contains its antithesis.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2007.

“Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.”