Ignorance is always afraid of change.

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

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

We live in the world when we love it.

 It is human beings’ sinister mind that produces viruses as biological weapons.

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

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

There is some solution to every problem. No lock was ever made without keys.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.