“There comes a time when one has to choose whether to kneel and be blessed, or to stand up and be counted. I choose the latter.”

“I refuse to kneel before the sights you choose to see.”

“The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice,” Hanalea said. “When that time comes, choose love.”

“Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose
the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution,
but more usually
we must do battle where we are standing.”

“It's the family you choose that counts.”

“There has to be a moment when you choose happiness, when you stand up, raise your face towards the sun, and just grab joy and put it in a place where no one can ever take it away from you.”

“First of all I choose a raga that gives me musical satisfaction. When I choose that raga then I welcome and invite the raga. To do that I have to meditate on the raga to understand its structure. When I get the structure then I can enjoy playing it. When I play a few beautiful notes, the spirit of the raga feels happy and comes and blesses me. Then the real music comes.”

“Every person has the choice between Good and Evil. Choose Good, and stand against those who would choose Evil.”

“When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong, every single time.”

“But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.”