That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Perceptions are often misplaced.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

Books are indispensable. You can move from hard copies to soft copies. But that’s about it.

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

Fools buy houses—the wise live in them.