Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

It is better to carry your raincoat during monsoon even if it does not rain when you go out.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.