I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

 In a theist state, religion affects even atheists!

Spirituality begins where worldly wisdom ends.

Enlightenment is the ultimate destination of the spiritual path.

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.

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.

God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.

I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side.

If you get down and quarrel everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

Religion is all bunk.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

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

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, IS myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human values, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

Whether you call it Buddhism or other religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

I always say that people should not rush to change religion. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulty.