In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. 

A teacher should have a creative mind.

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Weak leaders use others to defend them. The strong fight their own battles.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

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.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.