I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. 

Little pools of water tend to become stagnant and useless, but if they are joined together to form a big lake, the atmosphere is cooled and there is universal benefit.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. 

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; may be the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

One of the greatest disease is to be nobody to anybody.

Non-violence has to be observed in thought, word and deed. The measure of our non-violence will be the measure of our success.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.