I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. 

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.  

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

Those who oppose change are addicted to the luxury of their comfort zone.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliban, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. 

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.