Let me announce, with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expect perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. 

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Tell the children the truth.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.