Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.  

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

 A  language that does not evolve with time dies a natural death.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

We found ourselves in a soup, when the waiter spilled the soup we ordered, on us!