I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. 

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpse Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.  

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, from my idea of God.

Insomnia works like slow poison on our body.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.