An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. 

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. 

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

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.

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

Politicians just do an aerial survey of disasters. Genuine leaders carry out relief measures on ground zero.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

I was a disadvantaged child from a uneducated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.

Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we look back. It is the most awesome tool that we have ever invented. I feel incredibly lucky to be at exactly the right place in Silicon Valley, at exactly the right time, historically, where this invention has taken form.