Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Disagreement is something normal.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.