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.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. 

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. 

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

Fear is a double-edged weapon: it can force you to do something or prevent you from doing something.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. 

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

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.