There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. 

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. 

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

Promises that are not fulfilled amount to deceit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

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.

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.