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

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

The concept of God is as much a matter of speculation as faith.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

Just because someone forgives your wrongs does not mean their hurt is healed forever.