In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.  

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 

I believe in religion that teaches freedom, equality and brotherhood

Our conscience is like an alarm bell.

We don't need to proselytize either by your speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

We make war that we may live in peace.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. 

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusive developed Sri Lanka.

Whether you call it Buddhism or other religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.