The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Work is undoubtedly worship but laughter is life. Anyone who takes life too seriously must prepare himself for a miserable existence. Anyone who greets joy and sorrows with equal facility can really get the best of life.

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can be classified on their basis of their cults, so also they can be classified on the basis of their habits of food.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. 

Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

There was a time when we could find jokers only in circus. Now we can find them everywhere.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.