In a theist state, religion affects even atheists!

 It is human beings’ sinister mind that produces viruses as biological weapons.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Those who know how to think need no teachers. 

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

Every time you give, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't.

My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed by philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha.

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. 

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the heart of the actors. 

There are two kinds of laws people are eternally scared of—in-laws and outlaws!